poke fun

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

poke fun (third-person singular simple present pokes fun, present participle poking fun, simple past and past participle poked fun)

1. To subject someone to laughter or ridicule. [+ at (object)]
   • 1915, L. Frank Baum, chapter 5, in The Scarecrow of Oz:

     Trot laughed, but Cap'n Bill thought the little man was poking fun at him and so he scowled upon Pessim in a way that showed he was angry.

Synonyms

• make fun of
• See also Thesaurus:ridicule

Translations

to subject to laughter

• Czech: vysmát se pf, vysmívat se impf, vystavit výsměchu pf
• French: faire la nique (fr)
• Hungarian: kigúnyol (hu), gúnyol (hu), gúnyolódik (hu), tréfát űz
• Irish: bí ag magadh faoi, bí ag piocadh ar, bí ag spochadh as
• Italian: ridicolizzare
• Maori: pāengaenga
• Spanish: ridiculizar (es), burlarse (es), mofarse (es), pitorrearse (es), chotearse (es) (Spain, colloquial)