poke fun at

Meaning

1. poke fun at sb / sth

   to say unkind things about sb / sth in order to make other people laugh at them

   Her novels poke fun at the upper class.

In the movies · 1

• He'd poke fun at himself all the time.Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father2008

From the same entry

• poke your nose into
• poke about
• poke at
• have a poke around
• take a poke at
• a pig in a poke