for laughs
idiom
informal
: for amusement
The children were saying every word backward, just for laughs.
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No cow is sacred here, not even The Simpsons' increasingly nitpicky fans, who are milked for laughs in the Comic Book Guy's ''Worst Episode Ever'' didacticism.
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EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
The late Kim Ki-duk’s 3-Iron, for example, also featured characters who break into houses for laughs not larceny, but built something richer and stranger with the premise that touched on class, voyeurism and desire.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
During the bit, Rodriguez purposely mispronounced the names of celebrities in the audience, like Colman Domingo and John Krasinski, for laughs.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
The movie, which co-stars Andrew Santino, Ego Nwodim and Clancy Brown, devotes plenty of screen time to Nellie’s medical procedures, but McKendrick, in her directorial debut, plays the relationships for laughs.
—Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2024
At least one of the drivers behind the viral videos was only doing it for laughs, a revelation that is even more concerning when considering that there were other people on the road.
—Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2024
Americans have long had a difficult time accepting just how bleak the English are willing to get for laughs.
—Cord Jefferson, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
Instead, the writer and director will reportedly focus on a movie about climate change, a topic that seems about as ripe for laughs as murderers.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
Violence — including a knockdown fight involving reindeer, car chases, and people falling from high places or moving cars — is played mostly for laughs.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
The late Kim Ki-duk’s 3-Iron, for example, also featured characters who break into houses for laughs not larceny, but built something richer and stranger with the premise that touched on class, voyeurism and desire.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
During the bit, Rodriguez purposely mispronounced the names of celebrities in the audience, like Colman Domingo and John Krasinski, for laughs.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
The movie, which co-stars Andrew Santino, Ego Nwodim and Clancy Brown, devotes plenty of screen time to Nellie’s medical procedures, but McKendrick, in her directorial debut, plays the relationships for laughs.
—Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2024
At least one of the drivers behind the viral videos was only doing it for laughs, a revelation that is even more concerning when considering that there were other people on the road.
—Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2024
Americans have long had a difficult time accepting just how bleak the English are willing to get for laughs.
—Cord Jefferson, Variety, 22 Dec. 2023
Instead, the writer and director will reportedly focus on a movie about climate change, a topic that seems about as ripe for laughs as murderers.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
Violence — including a knockdown fight involving reindeer, car chases, and people falling from high places or moving cars — is played mostly for laughs.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
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“For laughs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20laughs. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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