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.
   • 1915, L. Frank Baum, 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
• Hungarian: kigúnyol (hu), gúnyol (hu), gúnyolódik (hu), tréfát űz
• Italian: ridicolizzare
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• Maori: pāengaenga
• Spanish: ridiculizar (es), burlarse (es), mofarse (es), pitorrearse (es)