Shobdo Logo
OATlaughing stock

laughing stock

Flag: gbEnglishOxford American Thesaurus

laughing stock
noun
they have become the laughing stock of world sport:
figure of fun, object of ridicule, dupe, butt, fool, joke, standing joke, everybody's fool, stooge;
fair game, everybody's target, victim, Aunt Sally;
exhibition, spectacle;
informal fall guy;
British, informal goat.