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Definition of "make fun of" []

  • To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner. (verb)

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Use "make fun of" in a sentence
  • "Mom, the kids make fun of my clunky paper-route bike."
  • "Chi and Dree used to make fun of the Wiccans by prancing in circles, waving old scarves around, and singing in falsetto voices about how they were magic wood nymphs who were trying to teach “Negroes” how to worship a white female as God."
  • "Garrick used his wonderful powers of mimicry to make fun of the uncouth caresses of the husband, and the courtly Beauclerc used to provoke the smiles of his audience by repeating Johnson's assertion that “it was a love-match on both sides.”"
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