for laughs
idiom
informal
: for amusement
The children were saying every word backward, just for laughs.
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Kenneth McMillan effectively plays the grotesque patriarch Baron Vladimir for laughs, creating a jarring contrast with the character's casual cruelty.
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Thankfully, director Anna D. Shapiro trusts that chaotic overlap, heeding a script note by Spector that warns actors not to hold for laughs in this scene.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
Conan O’Brien often played up his upbringing and his relationship to his white-collar professional parents for laughs.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Aside from playing cum for laughs, what do these films have in common?
—David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Thankfully, director Anna D. Shapiro trusts that chaotic overlap, heeding a script note by Spector that warns actors not to hold for laughs in this scene.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
Conan O’Brien often played up his upbringing and his relationship to his white-collar professional parents for laughs.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Aside from playing cum for laughs, what do these films have in common?
—David Opie, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
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“For laughs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20laughs. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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