"poke fun" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-poke fun.wav Forms: pokes fun [present, singular, third-person], poking fun [participle, present], poked fun [participle, past], poked fun [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} poke fun (third-person singular simple present pokes fun, present participle poking fun, simple past and past participle poked fun)
  1. To subject someone to laughter or ridicule. [with at] Synonyms: make fun of Translations (to subject to laughter): vysmát se [perfective] (Czech), vysmívat se [imperfective] (Czech), vystavit výsměchu [perfective] (Czech), tehdä pilkkaa (Finnish), faire la nique (French), kigúnyol (Hungarian), gúnyol (Hungarian), gúnyolódik (Hungarian), tréfát űz (Hungarian), bí ag magadh faoi (Irish), bí ag piocadh ar (Irish), bí ag spochadh as (Irish), ridicolizzare (Italian), pāengaenga (Maori), nabijać się [imperfective] (Polish), ridiculizar (Spanish), burlarse (Spanish), mofarse (Spanish), pitorrearse (Spanish), chotearse [Spain, colloquial] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to subject to laughter",
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          "sense": "to subject to laughter",
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      "sense": "to subject to laughter",
      "word": "bí ag magadh faoi"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "to subject to laughter",
      "word": "bí ag piocadh ar"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "to subject to laughter",
      "word": "bí ag spochadh as"
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      "sense": "to subject to laughter",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to subject to laughter",
      "word": "pāengaenga"
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      "sense": "to subject to laughter",
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      "sense": "to subject to laughter",
      "word": "burlarse"
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      "sense": "to subject to laughter",
      "word": "mofarse"
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      "word": "pitorrearse"
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