laughing stock
laughing stock · laughing stocks
посміховисько, посміховище, сміховище, сміховисько
посмешище
Witzfigur, Lachnummer, Gespött
An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculedAn object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.
Lachnummer, Witzfigur, Gespött
посме́шищеposméšišče
посміхо́вищеposmixóvyšče, сміхо́вищеsmixóvyšče, посміхо́виськоposmixóvysʹko
Translations
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Origin
From laughing + stock (“source, supply; butt, target”). Compare also whipping-stock, jestiFrom laughing + stock (“source, supply; butt, target”). Compare also whipping-stock, jesting-stock.
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