Meaning

1 senses

  1. To subject someone to laughter or ridicule.

    subject to laughter or ridicule

Examples

11 sentences

  1. We poked fun at each other.

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  2. We poke fun at each other.

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  3. Don't poke fun at foreigners.

    deMach dich nicht über Ausländer lustig. — MUIRIEL

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  4. Tom poked fun at Mary.

    Том насміхався над Мері. — deniko

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  5. This article pokes fun at vegetarians.

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Translations

4 languages

Forms

pokes fun, poking fun, poked fun, poked fun
Base formpoke fun · to poke fun
3rd person singularpokes fun
Present participlepoking fun
Past simplepoked fun
Past participlepoked fun

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypoke fun
he, she, itpokes fun

Past simpleLesson

all personspoked fun

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave poked fun
he, she, ithas poked fun

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill poke fun

Synonyms

9 synonyms
make fun of
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
poisonB1poisonousB1pokepokerpolar

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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