-
1 ἐπισκώπτω
A laugh at, make fun of,τινά X.Mem.4.4.6
; τι ib.3.11.16; τινὰ ὡς.., ὅτι.. , Pl.Euthphr. 11c, X.Smp.1.5;εἴς τι Plu.Lyc.30
; cast in one's teeth,τινὶ τὴν δεισιδαιμονίαν J.Ap.1.22
:—[voice] Pass.,πρός τινων Gal.6.307
.2. abs., jest, make fun, Ar.Ra. 375;ἔφη ἐπισκώπτων X.Mem.1.3.7
.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ἐπισκώπτω
-
2 παίζω
παίζω, [dialect] Dor. [full] παίσδω Theoc.15.42: [dialect] Lacon. [tense] pres. part. gen. pl. fem. [full] παιδδωἇν Ar. Lys. 1313 (lyr.): [tense] fut. παιξοῦμαι Syrac. in X.Smp. 9.2,A , AP12.46 (Asclep.), παίξω ib. 211 (Strat.), Anacreont.41.8: [tense] aor. 1ἔπαισα Hom.
(v. infr.), Ar.Pl. 1055, etc.: [tense] pf.πέπαικα Men.923.3
: [tense] pf. [voice] Pass.πέπαισμαι Hdt.4.77
(v.l. πέπλασται), Ar.Th. 1227; imper. : also [tense] aor.ἔπαιξα Crates Com.23
, Ctes.Fr.29.59, LXX Jd.16.25, Luc.DDeor.6.4, etc.: [tense] pf.πέπαιχα Plu.Dem.9
:—[voice] Pass., [tense] aor.ἐπαίχθην Id.2.123f
, Hld.8.6: [tense] pf.πέπαιγμαι Epigr.Gr.979.3
([place name] Philae); inf. πεπαῖχθαι Timarch. ap. Ath.11.501f; imper.πεπαίχθω Phld.Mus.p.106
K., Fronto Epig.Gr.5.86: Hom. uses only [tense] pres. and [tense] impf., and (in Od.8.251) [tense] aor. imper. παίσατε; Trag. only [tense] pres.: ([etym.] παῖς):—prop., play like a child, sport,τῇ δέ θ' ἅμα Νύμφαι.. ἀγρονόμοι παίζουσι Od.6.106
, cf. 7.291 (never in Il.), Hdt.1.114, etc.: metaph.,αἰὼν παῖς ἐστὶ παίζων Heraclit.52
.2 esp. dance,παίσατε Od.8.251
; , cf. Hes.Sc. 277;π. τε καὶ χορεύειν Ar.Ra. 409
, cf. 390;ἐνόπλια χαλκωθεὶς ἔπαιζεν Pi.O.13.86
:—[voice] Pass., ἀλλὰ πέπαισται μετρίως ἡμῖν, of the chorus, Ar. Th. 1227.3 play [a game],σφαίρῃ π. Od.6.100
;κλεψύδρῃ Emp.100.9
; κύβοις ἐπὶ συνθήκαις π. Ctes.l.c.; ἀντ' ἀστραγάλων κονδύλοισι π. Pherecr.43, cf. Antiph.92; π. διὰ γραμμῆς (v. γραμμή III. 2);π. πρὸς κότταβον Pl.Com.46.1
; μετά τινων with others, Hdt.1.114: c. acc. cogn., κότταβον ἀγκύλῃ π. Anacr.53 (dub.);σφαῖραν Plu.Alex.73
;π. παιδιὰν πρός τινα Ar.Pl. 1055
, cf. Pl.Alc.1.110b; κύνα καὶ πόλιν π., of a game similar to our draughts, Cratin. 56: with Advbs., φαινίνδα π. Antiph.283, cf. Crates Com. l.c., etc.4 play on a musical instrument, h.Ap. 206: c. acc.,Πὰν ὁ καλαμόφθογγα παίζων Ar.Ra. 230
; dance and sing, Pi. O.1.16.II jest, sport, Hdt.2.28, 5.4, 9.11; opp. σπουδάζω, X. Mem.4.1.1; opp. σπουδῇ λέγω, Id.Cyr.8.3.47; παίζετε ταῦτα λέγοντες (opp. σπουδάζετε) Pl.Euthd. 283b;π. καὶ χλευάζειν Ar.Ra. 376
;π. καὶ γελᾶν Antiph.218.4
;πῖνε, παῖζε Amphis 8
; π. πρός τινα make fun with a person, E.HF 952, cf. Pl.Men. 79a, Men.Pk. 198; π. εἴς τι play with a thing, Pl.Phd. 89b: c. Adj. neut.,τοιαῦτα ἔπαιζον σπουδῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους X.Cyr.6.1.6
: part. παίζων is freq. abs., jestingly, Pl.Tht. 145b, al.; opp. σπουδάζων, Id.Lg. 636c, al.:—[voice] Pass., ὁ λόγος πέπαισται has been made up as a jest (v.l. for πέπλασται), Hdt.4.77; ταῦτα πεπαίσθω ὑμῖν enough of jest, Pl.Euthd. 278d, cf. Phdr. 278b, Phld. l.c.; πεπαῖχθαι τὴν λέξιν Timarch. l.c.; τοῦτο τὸ παιζόμενον 'as the joke is', Plu. 2.1090f; τὸ Μενεδήμῳ πεπαιγμένον ib.81e; but οἷα πέπαιγμαι, in act. sense, Epigr.Gr.979.3 ([place name] Philae).2 c. acc., play with, make sport of, Luc.Nigr.20, AP10.64 (Agath.).3 Gramm., of words played upon or coined for the joke's sake, οἱ κωμῳδοὶ παίζειν εἰώθασι τὰ τοιαῦτα Sch.Ar.Av.42, cf. 68, etc. -
3 ἐμπαίζω
ἐμπαίζω fut. ἐμπαίξω; 1 aor. ἐνέπαιξα; pf. ἐμπέπαιχα LXX. Pass.: 1 fut. ἐμπαιχθήσομαι; 1 aor. ἐνεπαίχθην; pf. pass. ptc. ἐμπεπαιγμένος (s. παίζω; Trag. et al.; pap, LXX; TestSol 2:3 B; Anz 288).① to subject to derision, ridicule, make fun of, mock (in word and deed) τινί someone (Hdt. 4, 134, 2; Epict. 1, 4, 10; oft. LXX) Mt 27:29, 31; Mk 10:34; 15:20; Lk 14:29; 22:63 (DMiller, JBL 90, ’71, 309–13); 23:36. Abs. Mt 20:19; 27:41; Mk 15:31; Lk 23:11. Pass. (2 Macc 7:10) 18:32.—For lit. on the mocking of Jesus s. on στέφανος 1.② to trick someone so as to make a fool of the person, deceive, trick (Anth. Pal. 10, 56, 2 τοῖς ἐμπαιζομένοις ἀνδράσι ταῦτα λέγω. Cp. Vett. Val. p. 16, 14; also prob. Epict. 2, 7, 9; 2, 19, 28; 4, 1, 134; Vi. Aesopi W 129 P.; Jer 10:15) Mt 2:16 (=GJs 22:1). V.l. for ἐμπτύω B 7:9.—DELG s.v. παῖς p. 849. M-M. EDNT. TW. -
4 προσπαίζω
V 0-0-0-1-1=2 Jb 21,11; Sir 8,4to make fun of [τινι] Sir 8,4; to play Jb 21,11 -
5 κωμῳδέω
A treat after the manner of κωμῳδοί: hence, satirize, lampoon, ridicule,κωμῳδεῖ τὴν πόλιν ἡμῶν Ar.Ach. 631
, cf. Pl.R. 395e, 452d, Ael.VH13.43, etc.;κ. τοὺς τραγῳδούς Arist.Po. 1458b32
;κ. τινὰ ἐπί τινι Ath.8.344e
, cf. Sch.Ar.V.42: abs., Ar.Pl. 557:—[voice] Pass., Id.V. 1026, Ra. 368, Plu.2.712a, etc.; μὴ κωμῳδεῖσθαι ὀνομαστί τινα Sch.Ar.Av. 1297; τὸ κοινὸν καὶ κεκωμῳδημένον, of the parasites, Alex. 116.2; κεκωμῳδημένα made matter for comedy, Pl.Lg. 816d.2 κωμῳδεῖν τὰ δίκαια, = κωμῳδοῦντα εἰπεῖν τὰ δ., Ar.Ach. 655.3 generally, make fun of, ridicule, Lys.24.18.II to be aκωμῳδός 3
, write comedies, c. acc. cogn.,κ. κωμῳδίας Luc.Pisc.25
; write in a comedy (introducing a quotation), Phld.Vit.p.38 J.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κωμῳδέω
-
6 προσπαίζω
A- παίξομαι App.BC4.118
: [tense] aor.προσέπαισα Pl. Euthd. 283b
, Alciphr.3.65; also προσέπαιξα ib.5, Plu.Caes.63:— play or sport with, τινι X.Mem.3.1.4, Pl.Euthd. 278b; of a partridge, Porph.Abst.3.4: metaph., προσπαίζουσα τοῖς ὤμοις κόμη playing over, Poll.2.25.2 abs., sport, jest,π. ἐν λόγοις Pl.Phdr. 262d
, cf. Lg. 653e, 804b; opp. σπουδάζειν, Id.Euthd. 283b.3 laugh at, make fun or sport of, τινι Men.Epit. 182, Plu.2.197d, Caes.63; satirize, τινι D.L.4.61, 7.164:—[voice] Med., App. l.c.II c. acc., θεοὺς π. sing to the gods, sing in their praise or honour, Pl.Epin. 980b: c. dupl. acc., ὕμνον προσεπαίσαμεν.. τὸν.. Ἔρωτα sang a hymn in praise of Eros, Id.Phdr. 265c.2 banter,τοὺς ῥήτορας Id.Mx. 235c
, cf. Euthd. 285a; π. τὸν κύνα, τὸν ἄρκτον, tantalize, Luc.Dom.24, Ael.NA4.45.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > προσπαίζω
-
7 χλευάζω
χλευάζω (χλεύη) impf. ἐχλεύαζον; fut. 3 sg. χλευάσει (Pr 19:28 Aq Theod.; TestLevi 7:2); aor. 3 sg. ἐχλεύασε (Is 37:22 Sym.); aor. pass. impv. 3 pl. χλευασθήτωσαν (Pr 4:21 Theod.) (Aristoph., Demosth. et al.; late pap; TestLevi; Jos., Bell. 6, 365, C. Ap. 2, 137; Just., Tat.)① to engage in mockery, mock, sneer, scoff (Philo, Sacr. Abel. 70; Jos., Ant. 7, 85; TestLevi 14:8) Ac 2:13 v.l. (for δια-); 17:32 (cp. Herm. Wr. 1, 29.—ASizoo, GereformTT 24, 1924, 289–97).② to make fun of maliciously, mock, scoff at, sneer at, trans. τινά someone (so also Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 153 §645; Lucian, Prom. in Verb. 33; LXX; TestLevi 7:2; Jos., Ant. 12, 170; Tat. 33, 2f; cp. Philo, Mos. 1, 29; Just., D. 137, 1 αὐτοῦ τοὺς μώλωπας; Tat. 22, 1 τὰς πανηγύρεις) 1 Cl 39:1. W. ὑβρίζειν (Plut., Artox. 1025 [27, 5]) Dg 2:7.—DELG s.v. χλεύη. New Docs 2, 104. M-M. -
8 πῦρ
πῦρ, πῠρόςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `fire' (Il.).Dialectal forms: Myc. pukawo = *πυρ-καϜοι?Compounds: Many compp., e.g. πυρ-καϊά, Ion. -ϊή f. `fireplace, pyre' (Il.), from *πυρ-καϜ-ιά̄, compound of πῦρ and καίω ( καῦ-σαι) with ι̯ᾱ-suffix, acc. as in σποδιά, ἀνθρακιά a. o.; cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 93 w. diff. interpretation; cf. Myc. pukawo; πυρ-φόρος `fire- or torch-bearing, -bearer' (Pi.), later also πυρο-φόρος; cf. Schwyzer 440; πυρι-γενής `born, worked in fire' (E. a.o.); ἄ-πυρ-ος `untouched by fire, without fire' (Il.); on πυρ-πολέω s. πέλομαι; on πυρ-αύστης etc. s. 2. αὔω; on πυρι-ήκης s. v.Derivatives: Many derivv. A. Subst.: 1. πῠρά n. pl. `watch-fires' (Il.), dat. πυροῖς (X.), prop. plur. of πῦρ with transition in the ο-stems and accentshift (Egli Heteroklisie 18 a. 22 f.). 2. πυρ-ά̄, Ion. -ή f. `fireplace, pyre' (IL). 3. πυρ-σός m., pl. alo - σά n. `firebrand, fire-signal' (with remarkable oxytonesis) with - σώδης `firebrand-like' (E. in lyr.), - σεύω `to ignite, to give a fire-signal' (E.; X.), - σεία, - σευτήρ, σευτής (hell.), - σίτης `fire-colour' (Philostr.). 4. πυρ-ετός m. `burning heat, fever' (Χ 31; after νιφετός? Porzig Satzinhalte 245) with πυρ-έσσω, Att. - έττω, aor. - έξαι, adj. - εκτικός; - ετιάω, - εταίνω, - ετώδης, - έτιον, - ετικός. 5. πυρ-εῖα, Ion. -ήϊα n. pl. `lighter, firesticks' (h. Merc.; not with Zumbach Neuerungen 14 from πυρή `pyre'). 6. πυρ-ία, Ion. - ίη f. `vapour-, sweating-bath etc.' (Ion., Arist.), `fishing by torchlight' (Arist.), with - ιάω `to prepare a vapour-bath, to foment, to warm' (Hp.), from which - ίαμα, - ίασις, - ιατήρ, - ιατήριον (Scheller Oxyton. 55); also - ιάτη f. `warmed animal-milk' (com.). 7. πυρ-ίδιον n. `spark' (Thphr.). 8. πυρ-ίτης m. `copper ore, ore' (Dsc., pap.), "fireman", surn. of Hephaistos (Luc.); Redard 36, 60, 245. 9. πύρ-εθρον, - ος, - ωθρον `pellitory, Anthemis pyrethrum' (because of the warming effect; Strömberg Pfl.namen 82 a. 146f.). 10. πυρ-αλ(λ)ίς s. v. 11. Πυρ-ωνία surn. of Artemis (Paus.). -- B. Adj.: 1. πυρ-ώδης `fire-like, fiery' (IA.); 2. - ινος `fiery' (Arist., Plb.); 3. - όεις `id.' (hell.), also as n. of the planet Mars (Arist., hell.); 4. on πυρρός s. v. C. Verbs: 1. πυρ-όομαι, - όω, also w. ἐκ- a.o., `to catch fire, to set on fire' (Pi., Ion. Att.; Wackernagel Unt. 124) with πύρ-ωσις ( ἐκ-, δια- a.o.) f., - ωμα, - ωτής, - ωτικός; 2. πυρ-εύω `to make fire, to kindle' (Pl.; ἐμπυρ-εύω, - ίζω from ἔμ-πυρος) with - εύς, - ευτής, - ευτικός (more in Bosshardt 83); 3. πυρ-άζω EM as explanation of 4. πυρακτέω; s.v.Etymology: With πῦρ, πῠρ-ός agrees exactly Umbr. pir nom. acc. (from * pūr), abl. pur-e (from *pŭr-), thus, with secondary vowelenlargement, Arm. hur, gen. hr-oy (\< *pū̆r-o-) and OWNo. fūrr, fȳrr (\< PGm. * fūr-i-). The word was originally an heteroclitic r \/ n- stem and is still so inflected in Hitt. paḫḫu(u̯a)r, gen. paḫḫu̯enaš. Traces of this formation can still be seen in Germ.: Goth. fōn, gen. fun-ins as opposed to OHG fuir, fiur, Feuer; also in Arm.: hn-oç `fireplace, furnace' a opposed to hur (s. above); note also Toch. A pl. por-äṃ (= -n; combination of r and n?, v. Windekens IF 65, 249 ff.). The ablaut, which appears already from the above cited forms, is now reconstructed as a proterodynamic r\/n-neuter: IE *peh₂-ur: ph₂-u̯en-s; cf. Specht KZ 59, 283ff.), was simplified in Greek (the change in quantity is not old). -- Beside this neutral matter-indicating word for `fire' Indo-European had an as old word indicating fire as active entity in Lat. ignis, Skt. agní-, Lith. ugnìs, OCS ognь; a parallel double designation, which represents two different interpretations of nature, is found with the words for `water' (s. ὕδωρ). On this Schulze Kl. Schr. 194f., Meillet MSL 21, 249ff., Bonfante Sprachgesch. u. Wortbed. 33ff., Mastrelli Arch. glottol. it. 43, 1 ff. On tabuistic replacing words for `fire' Havers Sprachtabu 64ff. Further forms w. lit. in WP. 2, 14f., Pok. 828, W.-Hofmann s. pūrus (relation quite hypothetic and quite doubtful; s. on this with further discussion Mayrhofer s. punā́ti; also Blesse KZ 75, 195).Page in Frisk: 2,627-629Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > πῦρ
-
9 πῠρός
πῦρ, πῠρόςGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `fire' (Il.).Dialectal forms: Myc. pukawo = *πυρ-καϜοι?Compounds: Many compp., e.g. πυρ-καϊά, Ion. -ϊή f. `fireplace, pyre' (Il.), from *πυρ-καϜ-ιά̄, compound of πῦρ and καίω ( καῦ-σαι) with ι̯ᾱ-suffix, acc. as in σποδιά, ἀνθρακιά a. o.; cf. Scheller Oxytonierung 93 w. diff. interpretation; cf. Myc. pukawo; πυρ-φόρος `fire- or torch-bearing, -bearer' (Pi.), later also πυρο-φόρος; cf. Schwyzer 440; πυρι-γενής `born, worked in fire' (E. a.o.); ἄ-πυρ-ος `untouched by fire, without fire' (Il.); on πυρ-πολέω s. πέλομαι; on πυρ-αύστης etc. s. 2. αὔω; on πυρι-ήκης s. v.Derivatives: Many derivv. A. Subst.: 1. πῠρά n. pl. `watch-fires' (Il.), dat. πυροῖς (X.), prop. plur. of πῦρ with transition in the ο-stems and accentshift (Egli Heteroklisie 18 a. 22 f.). 2. πυρ-ά̄, Ion. -ή f. `fireplace, pyre' (IL). 3. πυρ-σός m., pl. alo - σά n. `firebrand, fire-signal' (with remarkable oxytonesis) with - σώδης `firebrand-like' (E. in lyr.), - σεύω `to ignite, to give a fire-signal' (E.; X.), - σεία, - σευτήρ, σευτής (hell.), - σίτης `fire-colour' (Philostr.). 4. πυρ-ετός m. `burning heat, fever' (Χ 31; after νιφετός? Porzig Satzinhalte 245) with πυρ-έσσω, Att. - έττω, aor. - έξαι, adj. - εκτικός; - ετιάω, - εταίνω, - ετώδης, - έτιον, - ετικός. 5. πυρ-εῖα, Ion. -ήϊα n. pl. `lighter, firesticks' (h. Merc.; not with Zumbach Neuerungen 14 from πυρή `pyre'). 6. πυρ-ία, Ion. - ίη f. `vapour-, sweating-bath etc.' (Ion., Arist.), `fishing by torchlight' (Arist.), with - ιάω `to prepare a vapour-bath, to foment, to warm' (Hp.), from which - ίαμα, - ίασις, - ιατήρ, - ιατήριον (Scheller Oxyton. 55); also - ιάτη f. `warmed animal-milk' (com.). 7. πυρ-ίδιον n. `spark' (Thphr.). 8. πυρ-ίτης m. `copper ore, ore' (Dsc., pap.), "fireman", surn. of Hephaistos (Luc.); Redard 36, 60, 245. 9. πύρ-εθρον, - ος, - ωθρον `pellitory, Anthemis pyrethrum' (because of the warming effect; Strömberg Pfl.namen 82 a. 146f.). 10. πυρ-αλ(λ)ίς s. v. 11. Πυρ-ωνία surn. of Artemis (Paus.). -- B. Adj.: 1. πυρ-ώδης `fire-like, fiery' (IA.); 2. - ινος `fiery' (Arist., Plb.); 3. - όεις `id.' (hell.), also as n. of the planet Mars (Arist., hell.); 4. on πυρρός s. v. C. Verbs: 1. πυρ-όομαι, - όω, also w. ἐκ- a.o., `to catch fire, to set on fire' (Pi., Ion. Att.; Wackernagel Unt. 124) with πύρ-ωσις ( ἐκ-, δια- a.o.) f., - ωμα, - ωτής, - ωτικός; 2. πυρ-εύω `to make fire, to kindle' (Pl.; ἐμπυρ-εύω, - ίζω from ἔμ-πυρος) with - εύς, - ευτής, - ευτικός (more in Bosshardt 83); 3. πυρ-άζω EM as explanation of 4. πυρακτέω; s.v.Etymology: With πῦρ, πῠρ-ός agrees exactly Umbr. pir nom. acc. (from * pūr), abl. pur-e (from *pŭr-), thus, with secondary vowelenlargement, Arm. hur, gen. hr-oy (\< *pū̆r-o-) and OWNo. fūrr, fȳrr (\< PGm. * fūr-i-). The word was originally an heteroclitic r \/ n- stem and is still so inflected in Hitt. paḫḫu(u̯a)r, gen. paḫḫu̯enaš. Traces of this formation can still be seen in Germ.: Goth. fōn, gen. fun-ins as opposed to OHG fuir, fiur, Feuer; also in Arm.: hn-oç `fireplace, furnace' a opposed to hur (s. above); note also Toch. A pl. por-äṃ (= -n; combination of r and n?, v. Windekens IF 65, 249 ff.). The ablaut, which appears already from the above cited forms, is now reconstructed as a proterodynamic r\/n-neuter: IE *peh₂-ur: ph₂-u̯en-s; cf. Specht KZ 59, 283ff.), was simplified in Greek (the change in quantity is not old). -- Beside this neutral matter-indicating word for `fire' Indo-European had an as old word indicating fire as active entity in Lat. ignis, Skt. agní-, Lith. ugnìs, OCS ognь; a parallel double designation, which represents two different interpretations of nature, is found with the words for `water' (s. ὕδωρ). On this Schulze Kl. Schr. 194f., Meillet MSL 21, 249ff., Bonfante Sprachgesch. u. Wortbed. 33ff., Mastrelli Arch. glottol. it. 43, 1 ff. On tabuistic replacing words for `fire' Havers Sprachtabu 64ff. Further forms w. lit. in WP. 2, 14f., Pok. 828, W.-Hofmann s. pūrus (relation quite hypothetic and quite doubtful; s. on this with further discussion Mayrhofer s. punā́ti; also Blesse KZ 75, 195).Page in Frisk: 2,627-629Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > πῠρός
См. также в других словарях:
make\ fun\ of — • make fun of • poke fun at v. phr. informal To joke about; laugh at; tease; mock. Men like to make fun of the trimmings on women s hats. James poked fun at the new pupil because her speech was not like the other pupils … Словарь американских идиом
make fun of — or poke fun at to make jokes about someone or something in an unkind way The other children made fun of her because she was always so serious … English dictionary
make fun of — (someone/something) to make a joke about someone or something in an unkind way. At first the kids made fun of her because she spoke with a Dutch accent … New idioms dictionary
make fun of — ► make fun of tease or laugh at in a mocking way. Main Entry: ↑fun … English terms dictionary
make fun of — index disparage, jape, jeer, mock (deride), pillory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
make fun of — TEASE, poke fun at, chaff, rag; ridicule, mock, laugh at, taunt, jeer at, scoff at, deride; parody, lampoon, caricature, satirize; informal take the mickey out of, rib, kid, have on, pull someone s leg … Useful english dictionary
make fun of — Synonyms and related words: be merry with, crack a joke, crack wise, deride, fleer at, fun, gibe at, grin at, hold in derision, jape, jest, joke, josh, kid, kid around, laugh at, laugh to scorn, make a funny, make fun, make game of, make merry… … Moby Thesaurus
make fun of — or[poke fun at] {v. phr.}, {informal} To joke about; laugh at; tease; mock. * /Men like to make fun of the trimmings on women s hats./ * /James poked fun at the new pupil because her speech was not like the other pupils./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make fun of — or[poke fun at] {v. phr.}, {informal} To joke about; laugh at; tease; mock. * /Men like to make fun of the trimmings on women s hats./ * /James poked fun at the new pupil because her speech was not like the other pupils./ … Dictionary of American idioms
make fun of somebody — make ˈfun of sb/sth idiom to laugh at sb/sth or make other people laugh at them, usually in an unkind way • It s cruel to make fun of people who stammer. Main entry: ↑funidiom … Useful english dictionary
make fun of something — make ˈfun of sb/sth idiom to laugh at sb/sth or make other people laugh at them, usually in an unkind way • It s cruel to make fun of people who stammer. Main entry: ↑funidiom … Useful english dictionary