poke fun at

MOCK, make fun of, ridicule, laugh at, jeer at, sneer at, deride, scorn, scoff at, pillory, lampoon, tease, taunt, rag, chaff, jibe at; informal send up, take the mickey out of, kid, rib; Brit. informal wind up; N. Amer. informal goof on, rag on; Austral./NZ informal poke mullock at.

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phrasal

: to make fun of in a usually lightly bantering way and especially slyly or indirectly : make an object of usually light ridicule or mockery : kid

poke fun at some of the stuffed shirts who have the largest incomes — Bruce Bliven b. 1889

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make fun of or poke fun at

To ridicule

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Main Entry: ↑fun

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poke fun at

To make the object of ridicule, taunt

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tease or make fun of

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poke fun at

: to make a joke about (someone or something) usually in a friendly way

I like to poke fun at my boss, but he's really not a bad guy.

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Main Entry: ↑fun

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poke fun at — see ↑fun, 1

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