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"ridicule"
],
[
"butt",
"butt"
],
[
"joke",
"joke"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; the butt of a joke."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
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{
"word": "laughingstock"
},
{
"word": "laughing-stock"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "ass"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "asshole"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "butt"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "clown"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "dead horse"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "dumbass"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "dummy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "fiddle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "figure of fun"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "fool"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "gapingstock"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "idiot"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "jerk"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "joke"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "jesting-stock"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "laughing stock"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "lolcow"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "make-sport"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "makegame"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "misfit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "scoffing-stock"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "standing joke"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:laughing stock",
"word": "white elephant"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔuḍḥūka",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "أُضْحُوكَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "maḍḥaka",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مَضْحَكَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "masḵara",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مَسْخَرَة"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pasmjéšyšča",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пасме́шышча"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "posméšište",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "посме́шище"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "riota"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rialla"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàobǐng",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "笑柄"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàoliào",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "笑料"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lachertje"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "risee"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "naurunaihe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "risée"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "objet de moquerie"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lachnummer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Witzfigur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gespött"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anagélasma",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αναγέλασμα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "perígelos",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "περίγελος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "rezíli",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ρεζίλι"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "soúrgelo",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "σούργελο"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "bahan tertawaan"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "airí an mhagaidh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "beithé"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ceap magaidh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paor"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "staic mhagaidh"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "staicín áiféise"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zimbello"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oggetto di scherno"
},
{
"alt": "わらいもの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "waraimono",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "笑い者"
},
{
"alt": "わらいぐさ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "waraigusa",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "笑い種"
},
{
"alt": "しょうへい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shōhei",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "笑柄"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "useumgeori",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "웃음거리"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lūdībrium"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "irrīdiculum"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "whakakatanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "omeke"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "riselée"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mačal",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "مچل"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mazhake",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "مضحکه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xande-xeriš",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "خنده خریش"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xerixe",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "خریخه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pośmiewisko"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ludíbrio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "posméšišče",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "посме́шище"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hazmerreír"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "driftkucku"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"word": "maskara"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "posmixóvyšče",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "посміхо́вище"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "smixóvyšče",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сміхо́вище"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "posmixóvysʹko",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "посміхо́висько"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "smixóvysʹko",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сміхо́висько"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "object of ridicule",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cyff gwawd"
}
],
"word": "laughing stock"
}
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