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poke fun - 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"

blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, ridicule, roast, rib

bemock, mock - treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles"

tease - mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman"

lampoon, satirise, satirize - ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal"

debunk, expose - expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"

stultify - cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"

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