Poke Fun

Definition: Poke Fun

Poke Fun

Verb

1. Subject to laughter or ridicule: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Poke Fun

Ridicule

Play upon, play tricks upon; fool to the top of one's bent; laugh at, grin at, smile at; poke fun at.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "poke fun": poke fun at ♦ poke fun at smb. ♦ To poke fun ♦ To poke fun at. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏هزأ (flout, mock), ‏سخر (befool, chip, debunk, deride, fleer, guy, jape, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, pooh pooh, quip, quiz, rally, rib, ridicule, satirize, scoff, send up, smile, snap, sneer, snigger, taunt, tee-hee, twit). (various references)

Bulgarian 

присмивам се на (laugh at, mock, poke fun at), подигравам се на (dig, joke, laugh at, make fun of, monkey, poke fun at, taunt). (various references)

Czech

tropit si žerty (mock). (various references)

French

se moquer de, rire de (poke fun at, pooh pooh). (various references)

Hebrew 

לל�'ל�' (gibe, mock, rally, rib, scoff, sneer, taunt). (various references)

Hungarian

tréfálkozik (to banter, to crack a joke, to jape, to trifle), gúnyolódik (gibe, jeer, jibe, to flout, to jape, to jest, to jibe, to mock, to quip, to rot, to sport, tongue in cheek). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

茶化す (to make fun of, to poke fun at). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ちゃかす (to make fun of, to poke fun at). (various references)

Pig Latin

okepay unfay.(various references)

Romanian

a-şi bate joc de cineva (make game of smb., make mock of smb., poke fun at smb.). (various references)

Russian 

подшучивать (banter, chaff, hoax, joke, jolly, make game of, monkey, quiz, rag, rally, razz). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rugati se (bullyrag, deride, flout, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jest, mock, ridicule, scoff). (various references)

Spanish

tomar el pelo (get at, put on, rib, wind up). (various references)

Swedish

göra narr. (various references)

Turkish

alay etmek (deride, flout, gibe, gird at, gird at smb., give smb. a roasting, groove, guy, hold in derision, ironize, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, jolly, Josh, laugh at, make a game of, make a jest of, make fun of, make merry over, mock, poke fun at smb., pull smb.'s leg, razz, ridicule, roast, rot, scoff, take the mickey out of smb., taunt). (various references)

Ukrainian

глузувати (banter, flout, jeer, jest, quirk, scoff, sneer, taunt, twit). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: funk, keno, knop, kune, neuk, nope, nuke, open, peon, poke, pone, pouf, puke, punk, upon.

-4 letters: eon, fen, feu, foe, fon, fop, fou, fun, kef, ken, kep, kop, kue, oke, one, ope, pen, pun, uke, upo.

-5 letters: ef, en, ne, no, nu, oe, of, on, op, pe, un, up.