to say something to someone in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying them slightly in either a friendly or an unkind way
to annoy an animal in order to have fun
Tease
something that someone says or does when they are teasing you
To burlesque
to represent a serious subject in a silly way in order to make people laugh
To jeer
to shout or laugh at someone in an unkind way that shows you have no respect for them
Jeer, jeering
an unkind laugh or comment that shows you have no respect for someone
Lampoon
to publicly criticize someone or something by making jokes about them
To laugh
to show that you think someone or something is stupid or deserves no respect
To mock
to make someone or something look stupid by laughing at them, copying them, or saying something that is not kind
Mockery
something that makes a system, organization etc seem stupid or useless, remarks or behaviour intended to make someone seem stupid, for example laughing at them, copying them, or saying something that is not kind
To parade
to make someone walk around so that people will look at them and often laugh at them
To parody
to copy someone or something in a way that makes people laugh
Piss-take of sth/so
an attempt to make someone or something seem silly
To rag on
to say things in order to make someone feel embarrassed, usually in a friendly way
To rib
to joke about someone in a friendly way that makes them slightly embarrassed
To ridicule
to try to make someone or something seem silly by making fun of them in an unkind way
Self-mockery
the practice of making yourself appear silly to show other people that you have a humorous attitude towards yourself
Send-up
a way of talking or behaving in which you copy the way that someone else talks or behaves in a humorous way
Take-off
an occasion when someone copies the voice or behaviour of someone else in a humorous way
To spoof
laugh someone/something out of court: if you laugh someone or something out of court, you show them that you think their ideas or suggestions are very silly
Make a mockery of
to make someone or something seem stupid or useless
Make a monkey out of someone
to make someone seem stupid
Make fun of
to make jokes about someone or something in an unkind way
Make light of something
to treat something as not very serious
To take the mickey
to say something in order to try and make someone or something look silly, especially in a friendly way. Doing this is called mickey-taking and someone who does it is a mickey-taker
To take the piss
to say something to try to make someone look silly
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