n 1: language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate
2: the act of deriding or treating with contempt [syn: derision]
v : subject to laughter or ridicule: "The satirists ridiculed
the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun
at the inexperienced teacher" [syn: guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun]