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😂 A person laughing 🏆 An easy win
laugher

laugher

1 7.4
A contest where one person or team wins by a lot
  • noun
  • /ˈlæfər/
  • Informal
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  • The team won the match easily, turning it into a laugher by scoring five goals in the first half.

Examples

  • Game 5 of the 2002 World Series was infinite baseball; we scored 16 runs; it was literally a laugher.

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  • From there, the defense took over and made this one a laugher.

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  • The Cardinals, on the other hand, could have put the NLCS away three different times, but lost game 7 in a 9-0 laugher.

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  • But at least for tonight, the Mets had what they and we sorely needed -- a laugher.

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  • The Bengals and Browns duked it out in a game many thought would be a laugher.

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  • Giovani Bernard had two carries for 70 yards and caught four passes for another 50 in the Tar Heels' 66-0 laugher over Idaho.

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  • In a surprising twist, the game quickly became a laugher as one team dominated from the start.

  • Everyone expected a tough competition, but it ended up being a laugher with the winners scoring twice as many points.

Synonyms

blowout
vslaugher
  • Informal
23 3.7

A very easy win by a large score difference

covers easy victories more generally, not only big score wins
runaway
vslaugher
4 5.1

An easy victory won by a large amount

is any easy contest result, not limited to large margins
romp
vslaugher
  • Literature
3 6.5

An easy win in a competition

can mean an easy win but not necessarily a decisive rout
walkover
vslaugher
1 4.4

An easy contest or task that someone wins with little effort

is the general idea of an easy victory without stressing effort
walkaway
vslaugher
  • Informal
1 6.7

An easy win in a competition with little opposition

emphasizes ease without stressing the size of the win

Antonyms

tough game
6 3.0

A match that is very hard to win

How Easy

cinch
  • Informal
16 2.1
blowout
  • Informal
23 3.7
laugher
  • Informal
1 7.4

Surface Forms

laugher singular
laughers plural

Morphology

laugher = laugh (opaque) = laugh + er

The form is built from 'laugh' + '-er', but the sense 'an easy win' is idiomatic and not a predictable agentive meaning.

Etymology

Laugher comes from laugh 'to make a sound when amused' plus the ending -er meaning 'one who' or 'thing that'. So, a contest that is very easy or ridiculous was called a laugher because it is 'laughably' one-sided and makes people laugh.