for laughs
idiom
informal
: for amusement
The children were saying every word backward, just for laughs.
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Every so often, the movie throws in an oddball novelty, a quirky touch or ludicrous tangent designed for laughs.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
There is also more than a hint in this go-around that Greg’s constant lying to Pam is something more pathological than protective, yet Stiller and the ever-patient Teri Polo play this compulsion entirely for laughs.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
After all the meta in-jokes, all the celebrity cameos, all the cutaways to the big boss looming offstage, there’s hardly any room left for laughs.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Cohen, who cohosts the podcast Seek Treatment with fellow comedian Pat Regan, is skilled at referencing her physical form for laughs without muddying the comedic waters with unexamined fatphobia.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
There is also more than a hint in this go-around that Greg’s constant lying to Pam is something more pathological than protective, yet Stiller and the ever-patient Teri Polo play this compulsion entirely for laughs.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
After all the meta in-jokes, all the celebrity cameos, all the cutaways to the big boss looming offstage, there’s hardly any room left for laughs.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Cohen, who cohosts the podcast Seek Treatment with fellow comedian Pat Regan, is skilled at referencing her physical form for laughs without muddying the comedic waters with unexamined fatphobia.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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“For laughs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20laughs. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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