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LAUGHINGSTOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does laughingstock mean?
• LAUGHINGSTOCK (noun)
The noun LAUGHINGSTOCK has 1 sense:
1. a victim of ridicule or pranks
Familiarity information: LAUGHINGSTOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A victim of ridicule or pranks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
butt; goat; laughingstock; stooge
Hypernyms ("laughingstock" is a kind of...):
dupe; victim (a person who is tricked or swindled)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "laughingstock"):
April fool (the butt of a prank played on April 1st)
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