The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TEASE , but the solution may also be TAUNT which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Make fun of crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TEASE | 37 % | 5 |
| JAPE | 10 % | 4 |
| RIB | 6 % | 3 |
| RAZZ | 6 % | 4 |
| TWIT | 5 % | 4 |
| MOCK | 5 % | 4 |
| DERIDE | 4 % | 6 |
| RAGON | 4 % | 5 |
| APE | 4 % | 3 |
| RAG | 3 % | 3 |
| KID | 2 % | 3 |
| TAUNT | 2 % | 5 |
| JEERAT | 1 % | 6 |
| SNEERAT | 1 % | 7 |
| PARODY | 1 % | 6 |
| LAUGHAT | 1 % | 7 |
| HOOTAT | 1 % | 6 |
| RIPON | 1 % | 5 |
| BURLESQUE | 1 % | 9 |
| ROAST | 1 % | 5 |
| CHAFF | 1 % | 5 |
| MIMIC | 1 % | 5 |
| RIDE | 1 % | 4 |
| SATIRIZE | 1 % | 8 |
| SCOFF | 1 % | 5 |
| RIDICULE | 1 % | 8 |
| JOKEABOUT | 1 % | 9 |
| SPOOF | 1 % | 5 |
| JOSH | 1 % | 4 |
Why may TAUNT be the right solution?
"Make fun of" is a clue for a verb that means to mock or ridicule someone. "Taunt" is the right answer because it means to provoke or tease someone in a mocking or insulting way.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Make fun of
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ridiculing
- poke fun
- ridicule
- laugh at
- mocking
- satirize
- lampooning
- humourous
- deride
- satirise
- mockery
- satirizing
Crossword Answer definitions
TEASE noun- One who teases.
- A single act of teasing.
- One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
- To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
- To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- To back-comb.
- To poke fun at.
- To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
- To entice, tempt.
- To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TEASE
More clues leading to the result JAPE
More clues leading to the result RIB
- Adam's donation
- Prime _____
- Umbrella part
- Barbecue treat
- Make fun of
- Prime __ (wedding fare)
- __-tickling
- Barbecue bit
- Eve's origin
- Mock with good-humor
More clues leading to the result RAZZ
- Poke fun at
- Give the Bronx cheer to
- Ride
- Give someone the business
- Tease
- Ride hard
- Hector verbally
- Jeer
- Make fun of
- Give a Bronx cheer
More clues leading to the result TWIT
More clues leading to the result MOCK
More clues leading to the result DERIDE
- Ridicule
- Twit
- Mock
- Put down
- Express contempt for
- Scoff at
- Treat with contempt
- Subject to ridicule
- Slam
- Make fun of
More clues leading to the result RAGON
- Make fun of
- Mock incessantly
- Tease
- Tease relentlessly
- Criticize, slangily
- Taunt
- Nag, nag, nag
- Tease maliciously
More clues leading to the result APE
- "Going __!" (Danza bomb)
- Act like
- Brutish one
- Copy
- Lummox
- Make like
- O'Neill's "The Hairy __"
- O'Neill's hairy title character
- Rue Morgue culprit
- Aldous Huxley's "__ and Essence"
More clues leading to the result RAG
- Geronimo, for one
- Joplin composition
- Joplin work
- Scott Joplin's style
- ____ picker (scavenger)
- Scott Joplin piece
- Scott Joplin product
- Tabloid
- Worn-out garment
- Old cloth
More clues leading to the result KID
- "Muskrat Ramble" composer Ory
- "The Yellow ___"
- Josh
- Glove leather
- Pull one's leg
- Young goat
- Make fun of
- Joke
- Baby goat
- "Star Wars ___" (viral video)
More clues leading to the result TAUNT
- Poke fun at
- Harass from the stands, say
- Ride
- Fresh cut?
- Ride hard
- Bully
- Ridicule
- Say "nyah-nyah" to
- Trash-talk
- Mock
More clues leading to the result JEERAT
- Be a douche to, from the stands
- Offer raspberries?
- Taunt, in a way
- Ridicule
- Show disrespect for
- Show contempt for
- Express contempt toward
- Make fun of
- Mock
- Boo from the stands
More clues leading to the result SNEERAT
- Be scornful of
- Lord it over
- Make a mockery of
- Be disdainful toward
- Make fun of
- Look down on
- Pooh-pooh
- Don't take seriously
- Look down upon
- Show contempt toward
More clues leading to the result PARODY
- Viral video, perhaps
- Takeoff
- Monty Python piece
- Many a Firesign Theatre skit
- "Saturday Night Live" fare
- Burlesque
- Lampoon
- Spoof
- Typical Mad piece
- Make fun of
More clues leading to the result LAUGHAT
More clues leading to the result HOOTAT
More clues leading to the result RIPON
- Wisconsin college city
- Disparage, informally
- Wisconsin birthplace of this puzzle's party
- Wisconsin city billed as the "Birthplace of the Republican Party"
- Wisconsin college town
- Really tease
- GOP's Wisconsin birthplace, reputedly
- Wisconsin college or its city
- Wisconsin college
- Really ride
More clues leading to the result BURLESQUE
- Sendup
- Gypsy Rose Lee's milieu
- Slapstick, strippers, skits, etc.
- Make fun of
- Satirical theater
- What made Minsky famous.
- Former Broadway specialty.
- Comedy.
- Form of entertainment.
- Mock
More clues leading to the result ROAST
- Insult, kiddingly
- Butcher shop choice
- Prepare coffee beans
- Certain Sunday dinner
- Dean Martin specialty
- Dis-honor?
- Recent Justin Bieber event
- Friars' gathering
- Honor with insults
- Dinner that may be tough to swallow for the guest of honor
More clues leading to the result CHAFF
- Refuse
- Banter
- Threshing debris
- Wheat waste
- Tease good-naturedly
- Grain refuse
- It's separated from wheat
- Threshing refuse
- Grain husk
- Threshing leftovers
More clues leading to the result MIMIC
- Act the copycat
- Parodist
- Resemble closely
- Make like
- Imitate derisively
- Do an impersonation
- Replicate
- Chameleonic comedian
- Copy
- Ape
More clues leading to the result RIDE
- Sally in space
- "Thumb a ___"
- Catch a Greyhound
- The Cyclone, for one
- Thumb a __ (hitchhike)
- Be carried by
- Carnival attraction
- Disneyland attraction
- Emulate Miss Daisy
- Go by car
More clues leading to the result SATIRIZE
More clues leading to the result SCOFF
- Jeer
- Mock
- Express contempt
- Deride
- Ridicule
- Express mockery
- Deride, with "at"
- Jeer, with "at"
- Express doubt insolently
- Pooh-pooh
More clues leading to the result RIDICULE
More clues leading to the result JOKEABOUT
More clues leading to the result SPOOF
- Light satire
- Lampoon
- "This is Spinal Tap," e.g.
- Deceive
- Send-up
- "Blazing Saddles," for one
- Bit of lampoonery
- Light parody
- Parody
- Blazing Saddles, for one