A victim of ridicule or pranks.

synonyms: butt, goat, stooge.

Roget 547: dupe, gull, gudgeon, gobemouche^†, cull [Slang], cully^†, victim, pigeon, April fool^†; jay [Slang], sucker [Slang]; laughingstock etc. 857; Cyclops, simple Simon, flat; greenhorn; fool etc. 501; puppet, cat's paw.    ... show more

Roget 853: ridiculousness etc. adj.; comicality, oddity etc. adj.; extravagance, drollery.    farce, comedy; burlesque etc. (ridicule) 856; buffoonery etc. (fun) 840; frippery; doggerel verses; absurdity etc. 497; bombast etc. (unmeaning) 517; anticlimax, bathos; eccentricity, monstrosity etc. (unconformity) 83; laughingstock etc. 857.    ... show more

Roget 857: laughingstock, jestingstock^†, gazingstock^†; butt, game, fair game; April fool etc. (dupe) 547^†.    original, oddity; queer fish, odd fish; quiz, square toes; old monkey, old fogey, fogey monkey, fogy monkey; buffoon etc. (jester) 844; pantomimist etc. (actor) 599.    schlemiel.    jest etc. (wit) 842.    ... show more

Dutch: pispaal, risee, wrijfpaal