Definition
To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
Origins
Recorded 1737. Preserves the older meaning of fun, from Middle English fon, fonne (“foolish, simple, silly”), fun (c. 1700) meaning "a cheat, trick, hoax", from a verb fun meaning "to cheat, trick" (1680s).
In Context
- "Please stop making fun of your sister and just help her!"
Also Said As
- bust on
- deride
- make sport of
- poke fun at
- befool
- chaff
- disparage
- forgab
- frump
- gleek
- jape
- jeer
- jibe
- josh
- kid
- lampoon
- mimic
- mock
- needle
- niggle
- razz
- rib
- roast
- satirize
- scoff
- scorn
- slag
- tease
- twit
- bust on
- extract the urine
- clown around
- make a fool of
- make fun of
- make sport of
- poke fun at
- take the piss