poke fun

Verb

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poke fun - 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" Synonyms: blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, ridicule, roast, rib

bemock, blackguard, debunk, expose, guy, jest at, lampoon, laugh at, make fun, mock, rib, ridicule, roast, satirise, satirize, stultify, tease