2. (verb)derision, ridicule the act of deriding or treating with contempt
3. (verb)ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun subject to laughter or ridicule "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"