How to Pronounce "laughing stock"
expression
LAF-ing-stahk
LARF-ing-stok
Definition
A person or thing that other people laugh at and make fun of, often because of a mistake, embarrassment, or failure.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈɫæfɪŋ/ /ˈstɑk
British English
lˈɑːfɪŋ/ /stˈɒk
Simplified Pronunciation
US
LAF-ing-stahk
UK
LARF-ing-stok
Listen in Context
After the show failed, they became the laughing stock of the town.
Don’t make us a laughing stock in front of your friends.
He did not want to be a laughing stock at school.
If you keep wearing that hat, you'll end up the laughing stock of the office.