poke fun at

phrase

: ridicule, mock

Examples of poke fun at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Their dialogue, particularly when poking fun at one another, rings true, and there’s a buddy-cop dynamic to their investigation that demands to be extended into an ongoing series. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 Nov. 2026

Social Media Users Weigh In The complaint quickly attracted attention online, with several commentators unable to resist poking fun at the broadcaster for still relying on the decades-old service. — Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026

The sketch show, which started on the radio, poked fun at British people from various walks of life via exaggerated parodies, making subjects like Vicky Pollard into household names. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Nov. 2026

Often called Planet Nine—poking fun at professional astronomers’ 2006 demotion of Pluto from being the solar system’s ninth planet—this hypothetical body’s existence has been hotly debated, though that hasn’t slowed the search. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026

Rhymes for poke fun at

• aristocrat
• magnificat
• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• copycat
• cryostat