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An object of ridicule; a butt of sport.

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  1. n. An object of ridicule; a butt of sport.
  2. n. a victim of ridicule or pranks
  3. An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. Shak. When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself the laughingstock of his hearers. Macaulay.
  4. An object of ridicule; a butt of sport. Shak.When he talked, he talked nonsense, and made himself thelaughingstock of his hearers. Macaulay.
  5. n:100 n a victim of ridicule or pranks