make sport of (someone or something)



make sport of (someone or something)

To ridicule, mock, or tease someone or something; to make fun of someone or something. I really don't appreciate you making sport of my disability like that. Don't make sport of your sister—you know how sensitive she can be!
See also: make, of, sport

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fereydoun-Persian, Persian Mythology
BedwyrBED-wir (Welsh)Welsh, Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Romance
Polyxene-Greek Mythology
Najden-Macedonian
Augustino-goos-TEN (French)French, Czech, Romanian, Croatian, German
MarcosMAHR-kos (Spanish), MAR-koos (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese