ridicule (v)
roast (v)
guy (v)
blackguard#1 (v)
laugh at (v)
jest at (v)
rib (v)
make fun (v)
poke fun (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 32
def subject to laughter or ridicule
examples 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
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 9 Somebody ----s somebody
Frame - 21 Somebody ----s something PP
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
Frame - 21 Somebody ----s something PP
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
Outgoing links
Hypernym mock, bemock
Derivationally related form rib → rib
Derivationally related form rib → ribbing
Derivationally related form roast → roast
Derivationally related form ridicule → ridicule
Derivationally related form ridicule → ridicule
Derivationally related form ridicule → ridiculer
Hyponym tease; satirize, satirise, lampoon; debunk, expose; stultify
Incoming links
Derivationally related form ribbing → rib
Derivationally related form ridicule → ridicule
Derivationally related form roast → roast
Derivationally related form ridicule → ridicule
Derivationally related form rib → rib
Derivationally related form ridiculer → ridicule
Also see laugh → laugh at
Hyponym mock, bemock
Hypernym tease; satirize, satirise, lampoon; debunk, expose; stultify
Also see jest → jest at

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