for laughs
idiom
informal
: for amusement
The children were saying every word backward, just for laughs.
Examples of for laughs in a Sentence
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Prepare yourself for laughs, tears and best of all, that rare gem of a contemporary gay character heading into his life's third act.
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Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
Then there are Valley of the Stupid Gasbags who will replay calls of these new Yankees voices just for laughs.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
In 2018, the report said, footage of the shot to the groin was used, but seemingly more for laughs than for instruction.
—Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
When reimagining the fraught elevator drops of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror into Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout at Disney California Adventure, for instance, the sudden lifts and nosedives were played more for laughs to match the zaniness of the franchise.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Dads just trying to do their best and, in turn, failing at it for laughs for the first two acts.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024
Between co-parenting with her ex-husband, making nice with his new wife, managing her daughter's teen pregnancy and everything in between, the show was an easy hub for laughs and became an instant hit.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
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.
—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
Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
Then there are Valley of the Stupid Gasbags who will replay calls of these new Yankees voices just for laughs.
—Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 15 June 2024
In 2018, the report said, footage of the shot to the groin was used, but seemingly more for laughs than for instruction.
—Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
When reimagining the fraught elevator drops of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror into Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout at Disney California Adventure, for instance, the sudden lifts and nosedives were played more for laughs to match the zaniness of the franchise.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
Dads just trying to do their best and, in turn, failing at it for laughs for the first two acts.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024
Between co-parenting with her ex-husband, making nice with his new wife, managing her daughter's teen pregnancy and everything in between, the show was an easy hub for laughs and became an instant hit.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
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.
—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
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“For laughs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20laughs. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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