Laughing-stock
31(a) laughing stock — someone who does something very stupid which makes other people laugh at them. I can t cycle around on that old thing! I ll be the laughing stock of the neighbourhood. (usually + of) …
32a laughing stock — Meaning An object of derision. Origin From Shakespeare s Merry Wives of Windsor. SIR HUGH EVANS [Aside to DOCTOR CAIUS] Pray you let us not be laughing stocks to other men s humours; I desire you in friendship, and I will one way or other make… …
33laughing — n. & adj. n. laughter. adj. in senses of LAUGH v. Phrases and idioms: laughing gas nitrous oxide as an anaesthetic, formerly used without oxygen and causing an exhilarating effect when inhaled. laughing hyena see HYENA. laughing jackass =… …
34stock — [[t]stɒ̱k[/t]] ♦♦ stocks, stocking, stocked 1) N COUNT: usu pl Stocks are shares in the ownership of a company, or investments on which a fixed amount of interest will be paid. ...the buying and selling of stocks and shares... As stock prices… …
35stock — 1 noun 1 SUPPLIES (C) also stocks plural a supply of something that you keep and can use when you need to: stocks of flour and sugar | build up a stock: The country has been building up its stock of weapons. 2 IN A SHOP (C, U) a supply of a… …
36stock n — Stocks and bonds were originally used to imprison people. Have things changed that much now that we have the stock market? sock n, laughing stock, block n …
37Dora Stock — Dora Stock: self portrait. Original hangs in the Kügelgenhaus in Dresden Dora (Doris, Dorothea) Stock (6 March 1760 – 30 March 1832) was an artist of the 18th and 19th centuries who specialized in portraiture. She was at the center of a highly… …
38pointing-stock — pointˈing stock noun A thing to be pointed at, a laughing stock • • • Main Entry: ↑point …
39laugh|ing|stock — «LAF ihng STOK, LAHF », noun. a person or thing that is made fun of: »When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself the laughing stock of his hearers (Macaulay) …
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