Laughingstock

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Laughingstock \Laugh"ing*stock`\, n.
     An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself
           the laughingstock of his hearers.        --Macaulay.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  laughingstock
       n : a victim of ridicule or pranks [syn: {butt}, {goat}, {stooge}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "laughingstock":
     butt, byword, byword of reproach, derision, dupe, fair game,
     figure of fun, fool, game, gazingstock, goat, jest, jestingstock,
     joke, mockery, monkey, stock, target, toy, victim