to poke fun

To joke; to make fun. To poke fun at, is to ridicule, make a butt of one.

The widow admonished Nimrod, and said, "You had better not be pokin' your fun about."--Margaret, p. 49.

Jeames, if you dont be quit poking fun at me, I'll break your mouth, as sure as you sit there.--Neal's Charcoal Sketches.

Fun
·noun Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
fun
A cheat, or trick. Do you think to fun me out of it? Do you think to cheat me?--Also the breech, per...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Poke
·noun A bag; a sack; a pocket. II. Poke ·noun A long, wide sleeve; — called also poke sleeve. III...

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poke
A blow with the fist: I'll lend you a poke. A poke likewise means a sack: whence, to buy a pig in a ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
poke
1) A bag. I have heard this old word used by some persons here in the compound term cream-poke; that...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
poke
a sack or bag. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
rum fun
A sharp trick. CANT. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
poke-bonnet
A long, straight bonnet, much worn by Quakers and Methodists. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
poke-loken
An Indian word, used by hunters and lumbermen in Maine, to denote a marshy place or stagnant pool, e...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
poke-weed
POKE (Lat. phytolacca.) A common plant, known also by the names of Garget, Cocum, Jalap, &c. It is ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.