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makes fun of

makes fun of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make fun of.

Meaning of make fun of

Verb

make fun of (third-person singular simple present makes fun of, present participle making fun of, simple past and past participle made fun of)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
    • Please stop making fun of your sister and just help her!

Questions about makes fun of

What is makes fun of the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes fun of is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make fun of.

Words near makes fun of in the dictionary

  1. makes flexible
  2. makes for
  3. makes free with
  4. makes friendly
  5. makes friends
  6. makes fun of
  7. makes game of
  8. makes garden
  9. makes good
  10. makes good on
  11. makes good one's running

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Adapted from Wiktionary: makes fun of (page history and authors); make fun of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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