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Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to make fun of everything, really, so you can do it in a harmless way.
Neill Blomkamp

Meaning of "make fun of" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAKE FUN OF

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WHAT DOES MAKE FUN OF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

make fun of

Bullying

Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively impose domination over others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception, by the bully or by others, of an imbalance of social or physical power. Behaviors used to assert such domination can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault or coercion, and such acts may be directed repeatedly towards particular targets. Justifications and rationalizations for such behavior sometimes include differences of class, race, religion, gender, sexuality, appearance, behavior, body language, personality, reputation, lineage, strength, size or ability. If bullying is done by a group, it is called mobbing. "Targets" of bullying are also sometimes referred to as "victims" of bullying. Bullying can be defined in many different ways. The UK currently has no legal definition of bullying, while some U.S. states have laws against it. Bullying consists of four basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal, physical, and cyber. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion such as intimidation.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAKE FUN OF

make conversation
make do
make ducks and drakes of
make ends meet
make eyes
make eyes at
make fish of one and flesh of another
make for
make free with
make friends
make game of
make good
make haste
make hay of
make hay while the sun shines
make head
make head or tail of
make heavy weather
make heavy weather of something
make it

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAKE FUN OF

a bit of
a couple of
a load of
after the fashion of
all of
any number of
at the cost of
at the expense of
at the mercy of
at the request of
be at the bottom of
be the making of
because of
by reason of
in consideration of
make an honest woman of
make certain of
on pain of
on top of
Serbia and Montenegro, Union of

Synonyms and antonyms of make fun of in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «make fun of» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAKE FUN OF

Find out the translation of make fun of to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of make fun of from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «make fun of» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

寻开心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

burlarse de
570 millions of speakers

English

make fun of
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मजाक बना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يسخر من
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высмеивать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tirar sarro de
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মজা কর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

se moquer de
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersenang-senang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

veräppeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

をからかう
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의 재미를 만들어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyenengake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm cho niềm vui của
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கேலி செய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गंमत करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dalga geçmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prendere in giro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyśmiać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

висміювати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

face haz de
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοροϊδεύουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pret van
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

göra narr av
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjøre narr av
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of make fun of

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAKE FUN OF»

The term «make fun of» is very widely used and occupies the 3.613 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAKE FUN OF» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about make fun of

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10 QUOTES WITH «MAKE FUN OF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word make fun of.
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Laz Alonso
My buddies all still make fun of me about the whole 'Leprechaun' thing, and I'm proud of that movie. I'm just as proud of that work as I am of anything else that I've done. I feel like where I was in my career at the time, I committed to the character.
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Joseph Altuzarra
I'm always fetishizing the French woman and French taste and style. My assistant will make fun of me because every time we're picking the direction of a collection, I say the same thing: 'I want it to be really French.'
3
Steve Aoki
The haters and the trolls have always used me as an excuse to make fun of something that is out of the ordinary, something that doesn't necessarily make sense to them. For whatever reason, I have always been a target that people love to attack.
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Iain Banks
I think a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something you're frightened of is to make fun of it. That's why science fiction fans are dismissed as geeks and nerds.
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Marion Bartoli
I do not look at myself every morning and think: 'Oh, my gosh, I am so perfect, so beautiful, so talented.' No, I like to make fun of myself.
6
David Alan Basche
You have to be careful what you say in front of comedy writers because they will absolutely make fun of it in the next episode.
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Rachel Bilson
Y'know what? This is what I go by: It doesn't matter how good-looking a guy is, it just depends on his personality. If a guy can make you laugh and make fun of you, then that's what would win me over. So, yeah.
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Selma Blair
I have no ego, I'll make fun of myself, and I'll make fun of being humiliated. I get it.
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Neill Blomkamp
Satire also allows you to make fun of every different aspect. It allows you to make fun of both sides. It allows you to make fun of everything, really, so you can do it in a harmless way.
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Ray Bradbury
The answer I found is you stay away from the people who make fun of you, and you join these ad hoc groups who understand your craziness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAKE FUN OF»

Discover the use of make fun of in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to make fun of and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Don't Make Fun of My Name: My Name Is Special to My Parents ...
It is a book about building children's self-esteem by making them take pride in their culture by being proud of their names and feeling special about their names.
Glory Onuoha-Ezemma, 2003
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Let's Make Fun of the French
DIVComically satirical, this book pricks and nicks the customs, mores, and traditions of French culture that makes the French, well, the French (not to mention easy to mock).
LLC Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2012
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The serial and oral method of teaching languages
Do you make fun of me, because I wear an old dress ? I do not make fun of you. — Does that child make fun of that man ? He makes fun of him. — Do those young girls make fun of those gentlemen ? They make fun of them — Do we make fun ...
Louis Manesca, 1870
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Impact of an Interactive Health Communication Application on ...
If you have confidence and you wear your pump like you know its there and that you're happy its there, other people wont care to make fun of it. Also, don't let their words bother you. If they are making fun of you, joke with them. Or tell them that ...
Kathryn Turner Newton, 2008
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A Man who Knows
'Because of the way you make fun of people . . . You do make fun of people. They' re not worth anything to you, are they? So you make fun of everyone. You have always made fun of everyone. But look at the result. You have only to look at ...
Emmanuel Bove, 1999
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The Knickerbocker; Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
We see nothing in Cholera to make fun of. A disease which has kil.ed off ten thousand of our feller men in the city of New- York this summer, is too serious to make fun of. We are willin' to make fun of follies ; to make fun of humbugs; to make ...
‎1849
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The American Educational Monthly: A Magazine of Popular ...
They make fun of me. Prof. And of me, too. JVIr. W I must enquire into this. Why do 'they make fun of you? Judge. Mr. Wimple, it's because Prof puts on so many airs ;—-he's reading all the Latin and Greek books at once, and Pugge (smokers)  ...
‎1867
8
Voices of Vision: Creators of Science Fiction and Fantasy Speak
When you do a parody or satire, you've got to make fun of everything. I make fun of everything. Hell, I make fun of President Kennedy, and he was one of my idols. So today, yes, I am getting into more questions of religion and particularly death ...
Jayme Lynn Blaschke, 2005
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The Philosophy of Horror
... fun of and making fun out of something. With deliberate camp the creator of the work makes fun out of whatever it references. With naive camp the viewer makes fun out of the work itself. With mere kitsch the best we can do is make fun of it.
Thomas Fahy, 2010
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We Make Fun of Serious Business!
Trade sheets advertise board games, "Spy Alley: a game of suspense and intrigue," "Simply Suspects" and "Bluff 'N' Peg."
Spy Alley Partners, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAKE FUN OF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term make fun of is used in the context of the following news items.
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Man plays farty sounds to make fun of KKK supporters at rally - News
A sousaphone player has provided an amusing backing track as protesters argued the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina ... «Yahoo7 News, Jul 15»
2
Jon Stewart: Trump can't control 'the projectile vomit of d*ckishness …
He also laughed off Trump's complaning to NBC News that while “[his] hair is fine,” nobody comes to his defense when people make fun of his ... «Raw Story, Jul 15»
3
My Friends Make Fun Of My Concert Tees But I Like Them
Sometimes when I wear my concert t shirts my friends make fun of them. Like they make fun of me for liking corny bands or listening to country ... «Twist Magazine, Jul 15»
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Don't donate chalk for the fun of it – NAGRAT
The Vice President of NAGRAT, Angel Karbonu on Citi FM's The Big Issue expressed worry that “people are just beginning to make fun of the ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
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Jimmy Fallon makes fun of 'terrible' Australian rapper Bangs on The …
You can see why Bangs really stood out for Fallon to make fun of, because so many rap speeches are really worthwhile listening to. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Amy Schumer Made Fun Of Jimmy Fallon's 'Gross' Hand On 'The …
I really wish more Tonight Show guests would make fun of Jimmy Fallon. And for anything else you may have missed on the web today… «UPROXX, Jul 15»
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Watch Stephen Colbert Make Fun of Neil deGrasse Tyson for Not …
Pluto has always had a special place in our hearts, mostly because it's a classic scrappy underdog, but its popularity is at a fever pitch in the ... «Outer Places, Jul 15»
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Justin Vernon Knows You Make Fun of Him, Doesn't Care
On the eve of his inaugural Eaux Claires music festival, the erotic stories muse takes a stance on fame, feminism, and the unsung magic of the ... «Elle.com, Jul 15»
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Rachel Maddow joins David Letterman in relentlessly making fun of …
David Letterman put it well when he came out of retirement to make fun of one of the latest GOP presidential candidates last week: Donald ... «Salon, Jul 15»
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David Letterman just came out of retirement to make fun of Donald …
David Letterman retired in May, but just because he no longer skewers people on TV every night doesn't mean he's started suffering fools. «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»

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