laugh at

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verb

subject to laughter or ridicule (Freq. 8)
- 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
• Syn:
ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, jest at,
rib, make fun, poke fun
• Derivationally related forms:
rib (for: rib), ribbing (for: rib), roast (for: roast), ridicule (for: ridicule), ridiculer (for: ridicule)
• Hypernyms:
mock, bemock
• Hyponyms:
tease, satirize, satirise, lampoon, debunk,
expose, stultify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP (for: poke fun)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: poke fun)
- Somebody ----s something PP (for: make fun)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: make fun)