make fun of

noun

1. something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
2. enjoyment or playfulness: She’s full of fun.

verb (used with or without object), funned, fun·ning,

3. Informal. joke; kid.

adjective, fun·ner, fun·nest.

4. Informal. of or relating to fun, especially to social fun: a fun thing to do; really a fun person; the funnest game.
5. Informal. whimsical; flamboyant: The fashions this year are definitely on the fun side.

Idioms

6. for/in fun, as a joke; not seriously; playfully: His insults were only in fun.
7. like fun, Informal. certainly not; of doubtful truth: He told us that he finished the exam in an hour. Like fun he did!
8. make fun of, to make the object of ridicule; deride: The youngsters made fun of their teacher.

noun

1. a source of enjoyment, amusement, diversion, etc
2. pleasure, gaiety, or merriment
3. jest or sport (esp in the phrases in or for fun)
4. fun and games facetious, ironic amusement; frivolous activity
5. like fun informal
   1. (adverb)quickly; vigorously
   2. (interjection)not at all! certainly not!
6. make fun of or poke fun at to ridicule or deride
7. (modifier) full of amusement, diversion, gaiety, etca fun sport

verb funs, funning or funned

8. (intr) informal to act in a joking or sporting manner

n.“diversion, amusement,” 1727, earlier “a cheat, trick” (c.1700), from verb fun (1680s) “to cheat, hoax,” of uncertain origin, probably a variant of Middle English fonnen “befool” (c.1400; see fond). Stigmatized by Johnson as “a low cant word.” Older sense is preserved in phrase to make fun of (1737) and funny money “counterfeit bills” (1938, though this may be more for the sake of the rhyme). See also funny. 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. In addition to the idiom beginning with fun

fun and games

funny bone

funny business

funny money

also see:

for fun

like fun

make fun of

more fun than a barrel of monkeys

Also see underfunny.