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    laughing stock
    /ˈlɑːfɪŋ ˌstɒk/

    noun

    • 1. a person or thing subjected to general mockery or ridicule: "I'd be the laughing stock of the school"
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  3. Laughing stock is a noun that means someone or something that seems stupid or silly, especially by trying to be serious or important and not succeeding. Learn more about this expression, its pronunciation, synonyms and translations.

  4. : an object of ridicule. Synonyms. butt. derision. jest. joke. mark. mockery. sport. target. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of laughingstock in a Sentence. The team has become the laughingstock of the league. The mayor became a laughingstock.

  5. Laughingstock is a noun that means a person or group that is ridiculed. Learn how to say it and see examples of usage in the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary.

  6. Laughing stock is a countable noun that means an object of humiliating ridicule. It is often used to describe a person or an organization that is supposed to be important or serious but has been made to seem ridiculous.

  7. Laughingstock definition: an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like. See examples of LAUGHINGSTOCK used in a sentence.

  8. If you're a laughingstock, you're the butt of jokes or the subject of mockery. If you always wear shiny purple polka-dotted pants to school, you might be a laughingstock — or you might be a trendsetter. Someone who's a laughingstock is ridiculed or mocked, often by a group of people rather than just one or two.

  9. Definition of laughing stock noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.