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make fun of
make fun of someone or something
to ridicule someone or something. Are you making fun of me? I am making fun of your hat.
make fun of somebody/something
also poke fun at somebody/something to make someone or something seem ridiculous by making jokes about them When she first moved north, some people made fun of her southern accent.
Related vocabulary: goof on somebodymake fun of somebody/something
also poke fun at somebody/something to make a joke about someone or something in an unkind way At first the kids made fun of her because she spoke with a Dutch accent.
make fun of
Also, poke fun at; make sport of. Mock, ridicule, as in The girls made fun of Mary's shoes, or They poked fun at Willie's haircut, or I wish you wouldn't make sport of the new boy. The first term dates from the early 1700s, the second from the mid-1800s, and the third from the early 1500s.
make fun of
To mock; ridicule.