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Also, poke fun at ; make sport of . Mock, ridicule, as in The girls made fun of Mary's shoes , or They poked fun at Willie's haircut , or I wish you wouldn't make sport of the new boy . The first term dates from the early 1700s, the second from the mid-1800s, and the third from the early 1500s.

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[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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