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An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
From laughing + stock (“source, supply; butt, target”). Compare also whipping-stock, jesting-stock.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أُضْحُوكَة
(ʔuḍḥūka)
— object of ridicule
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Arabic:
مَضْحَكَة
(maḍḥaka)
— object of ridicule
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Arabic:
مَسْخَرَة
(masḵara)
— object of ridicule
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Belarusian:
пасме́шышча
(pasmjéšyšča)
— object of ridicule
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Bulgarian:
посме́шище
(posméšište)
— object of ridicule
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Catalan:
riota
— object of ridicule
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Catalan:
rialla
— object of ridicule
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Chinese Mandarin:
笑柄
(xiàobǐng)
— object of ridicule
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Chinese Mandarin:
笑料
(xiàoliào)
— object of ridicule
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Czech:
terč posměchu
— object of ridicule
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Dutch:
lachertje
— object of ridicule
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Dutch:
risee
— object of ridicule
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Estonian:
naerualune
— object of ridicule
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Finnish:
naurunaihe
— object of ridicule
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French:
risée
— object of ridicule
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French:
objet de moquerie
— object of ridicule
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German:
Lachnummer
— object of ridicule
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German:
Witzfigur
— object of ridicule
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German:
Gespött
— object of ridicule
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Greek:
αναγέλασμα
(anagélasma)
— object of ridicule
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Greek:
περίγελος
(perígelos)
— object of ridicule
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Greek:
ρεζίλι
(rezíli)
— object of ridicule
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Greek:
σούργελο
(soúrgelo)
— object of ridicule
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Indonesian:
bahan tertawaan
— object of ridicule
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Irish:
airí an mhagaidh
— object of ridicule
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Irish:
beithé
— object of ridicule
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Irish:
ceap magaidh
— object of ridicule
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Irish:
paor
— object of ridicule
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Irish:
staic mhagaidh
— object of ridicule
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Irish:
staicín áiféise
— object of ridicule
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Italian:
zimbello
— object of ridicule
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Italian:
oggetto di scherno
— object of ridicule
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Japanese:
笑い者
(waraimono)
— object of ridicule
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Japanese:
笑い種
(waraigusa)
— object of ridicule
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Japanese:
笑柄
(shōhei)
— object of ridicule
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Korean:
웃음거리
(useumgeori)
— object of ridicule
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Latin:
lūdībrium
— object of ridicule
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Latin:
irrīdiculum
— object of ridicule
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Macedonian:
предмет на потсмев
(predmet na potsmev)
— object of ridicule
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Māori:
whakakatanga
— object of ridicule
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Māori:
omeke
— object of ridicule
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Norman:
riselée
— object of ridicule
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Persian:
مچل
(mačal)
— object of ridicule
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Persian:
مضحکه
(mazhake)
— object of ridicule
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Persian:
خنده خریش
(xande-xeriš)
— object of ridicule
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Persian:
خریخه
(xerixe)
— object of ridicule
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Polish:
pośmiewisko
— object of ridicule
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Portuguese:
ludíbrio
— object of ridicule
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Portuguese:
alvo de chacota
— object of ridicule
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Portuguese:
objeto de escárnio
— object of ridicule
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Russian:
посме́шище
(posméšišče)
— object of ridicule
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Spanish:
hazmerreír
— object of ridicule
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Swedish:
driftkucku
— object of ridicule
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Turkish:
maskara
— object of ridicule
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Ukrainian:
посміхо́вище
(posmixóvyšče)
— object of ridicule
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Ukrainian:
сміхо́вище
(smixóvyšče)
— object of ridicule
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Ukrainian:
посміхо́висько
(posmixóvysʹko)
— object of ridicule
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Ukrainian:
сміхо́висько
(smixóvysʹko)
— object of ridicule
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Welsh:
cyff gwawd
— object of ridicule
