Laughing-stock Definition

noun
Alternative spelling of laughing stock.
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(idiomatic) An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; a butt of sport.

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Other Word Forms of Laughing-stock

Noun

Singular:
laughing-stock
Plural:
laughing stocks

Origin of Laughing-stock

  • From laughing +‎ stock (“source, supply; butt, target”). Compare also whipping-stock, jesting-stock.

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