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Definition of To poke fun at

To poke fun at
Poke Poke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poked; p. pr. & vb. n. Poking.] [Cf. LG. poken to prick, pierce, thrust, pok a dagger, knife, D. pook, G. pocken to beat, also Ir. poc a blow, Gael. puc to push.] 1. To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire. He poked John, and said ``Sleepest thou ?' --Chaucer. 2. To thrust with the horns; to gore. 3. [From 5th Poke, 3.] To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox. [Colloq. U. S.] To poke fun, to excite fun; to joke; to jest. [Colloq.] To poke fun at, to make a butt of; to ridicule. [Colloq.]

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- himself revived it in 2016, using it to poke fun at his critics and to thank a supporter who, during a speech, yelled out at and thanked him for $2 gas. On...
- 21 March 2024. "Donald Glover Had Jordan Peele Convince Liam Neeson to Poke Fun at 2019 Racism Controversy on 'Atlanta': 'Liam Poured His Heart Out'"....
- Halloween Costumes to Poke Fun at Age Gap". Complex. Retrieved November 1, 2022. Billie Eilish and Jesse Rutherford decided to respond to the public discourse...
- in response, has stated that, "...It's not our intent, with jokes, to poke fun at rape victims," while pointing out the satirical nature of the site's...
- created by Hill Holliday to "poke fun at pretentious Starbucks-style coffee chains, with patrons attempting to order hard-to-pronounce lattes." The commercial...
- Tiernan, Des Bishop, Kevin Hart, and Dawn French draw on their background to poke fun at themselves, while others such as Jon Stewart, Ben Elton and Sarah Silverman...
- Trumped Up Cards is a party game developed by Reid Hoffman to poke fun at then presidential candidate Donald Trump. It was modeled after the po****r Cards...
- is used to poke fun at superheroes. When asked about his superhuman powers, he indicates that he has X-ray vision, adding, "I love looking at boobies...
- pets. The song intends to poke fun at the president's claims with a refrain "people of Springfield, don't eat my cat". Referring to the reasons behind the...
- reference to a religious t-shirt that Shone, who went to a Catholic high school, used to wear in college. Shone has said it was a way to poke fun at a bible...