for laughs
idiom
informal
: for amusement
The children were saying every word backward, just for laughs.
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Throughout, Snook hams for laughs, turning Wilde’s witticisms and epigrams into slapstick.
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Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Offering her purely for laughs despite her cruel demise, the play seems to flatter the Wotton in each of us.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The creatives are perceptive about knowing when to play something for laughs and when to swerve, letting the audience stumble into an unexpected and very earnest emotional gut-punch.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The voice actor can effortlessly switch back and forth between his Porky and Daffy on a dime, but doing it for laughs in the middle of an interview is very different from doing it for hours in a voiceover session.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2025
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Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
Offering her purely for laughs despite her cruel demise, the play seems to flatter the Wotton in each of us.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The creatives are perceptive about knowing when to play something for laughs and when to swerve, letting the audience stumble into an unexpected and very earnest emotional gut-punch.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The voice actor can effortlessly switch back and forth between his Porky and Daffy on a dime, but doing it for laughs in the middle of an interview is very different from doing it for hours in a voiceover session.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2025
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“For laughs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20laughs. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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