make fun of

Betekenis (Engels)

To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.

Etimologie (Engels)

Recorded 1737. Preserves the older meaning of fun, from Middle English fon, fonne (“foolish, simple, silly”), fun (c. 1700) meaning "a cheat, trick, hoax", from a verb fun meaning "to cheat, trick" (1680s).

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