poke fun

Verb poke fun has 1 sense

• poke fun(v = verb.communication) blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, rib, ridicule, roast - 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"
is one way to bemock, mock
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