for laughs
idiom
informal
: for amusement
The children were saying every word backward, just for laughs.
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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.
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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
Capra wasn’t above skewering the rich for laughs, by the way.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
These are not the magnificent Hollywood of 1930s cinema but silly people doing silly things for laughs with exaggerated reactions more typical of the previous silent movie decade.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
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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
Capra wasn’t above skewering the rich for laughs, by the way.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
These are not the magnificent Hollywood of 1930s cinema but silly people doing silly things for laughs with exaggerated reactions more typical of the previous silent movie decade.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 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 2 Apr. 2025.
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