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Poke fun Moderate

Poke fun has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

subject to laughter or ridicule

"The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"

"The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"

"His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

2

To subject someone to laughter or ridicule.

Example Sentences
"The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house" verb
"The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher" verb
"His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" verb
See Also
class clown laughter lampooner fun poking fun needle ridicule pokes fun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
mock
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
tease satirize debunk stultify
Rhyming Words
fun kofun unfun no fun for fun good fun make fun like fun have fun superfun very fun chow fun child fun spoil fun cheong fun having fun lot of fun join in fun
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