for laughs
idiom
informal
: for amusement
The children were saying every word backward, just for laughs.
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Like in One Battle After Another, DiCaprio played buffoonish and vaguely incompetent, but Scorsese doesn’t weaponize his ignorance for laughs.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
In the comments, Barney's owner said the coat, a dog costume meant for laughs, was a bit tricky to size.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Still, Reeves didn’t just play the part for laughs.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
However, when a movie shows the dung coming out of a dog, cat, bird, or another critter with four legs and/or wings, then it’s typically ingested for laughs.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
In the comments, Barney's owner said the coat, a dog costume meant for laughs, was a bit tricky to size.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Still, Reeves didn’t just play the part for laughs.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
However, when a movie shows the dung coming out of a dog, cat, bird, or another critter with four legs and/or wings, then it’s typically ingested for laughs.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for for laughs
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“For laughs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20laughs. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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