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pilgarlic

noun

Definition of pilgarlicnext
as in mockery

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  1. mockery
  2. target
  3. victim
  4. lightning rod
  5. sitting duck
  6. prey
  7. butt
  8. laughingstock
Noun
  • Once the Rockets broke the shame seal and stole away with Olajuwon, the league needed to take drastic measures, because everyone would now feel emboldened to make a mockery of the game.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The project is apparently intended to put the long-running laptop controversy behind Biden by turning the source of online mockery into a memecoin.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of mockery
Noun
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces had also carried out overnight strikes against targets in Russia, including an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a military airfield in the Rostov region.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The software communicates with JetKVM over USB, so even the target computer itself doesn't need network access.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of target
Noun
  • The victims and the first responders were honored before the game.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In practice, though, victims of instant-payment fraud often recover little.
    — Pawan Jain, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of victim
Noun
  • None of this happened overnight, though goalkeeper Robert Sanchez’s late-summer departure to Como on loan appears to have promoted Gusto to the position of chief lightning rod when Chelsea are struggling.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • As the Scream franchise continues to serve as a cultural lightning rod in the Israel-Hamas conflict, Matthew Lillard is making his voice heard.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of lightning rod
Noun
  • Only the ridiculous American League could turn Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow from a sitting duck into a potential candidate for Executive of the Year in less than a week.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • In Ukraine, tanks—the backbone of 20th-century armies—have become sitting ducks for drones.
    — Nancy A. Youssef, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
Definition of sitting duck
Noun
  • Nature has blessed certain types of carnivorous plants with pretty colors, pleasant fragrances, and sticky, sugary emissions, all the better to attract and trap its prey.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Yes, the specific angle of the setting sun against the mountain's unique topography creates a shadow that resembles a cougar chasing its prey.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of prey
Noun
  • His upcoming show next week promises to be another cheeky affair, at least judging by the teaser Martens shared with his 367,000 followers on Instagram on Thursday that showed a woman’s butt and men’s abs behind a steamy glass panel.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • While both places are effective options, the research suggests that the upper butt takes the lead.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of butt
Noun
  • Their rise from laughingstock to contender is no longer a midseason anomaly.
    — Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • After years of the WNBA being ignored, the hysterical reaction to an obvious, common-sense position has made it into a laughingstock.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of laughingstock
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“Pilgarlic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilgarlic. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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