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 |
| MOCK | 5 % | 4 |
| TWIT | 5 % | 4 |
| DERIDE | 4 % | 6 |
| RAGON | 4 % | 5 |
| APE | 4 % | 3 |
| RAG | 3 % | 3 |
| TAUNT | 2 % | 5 |
| KID | 2 % | 3 |
| RIPON | 1 % | 5 |
| JEERAT | 1 % | 6 |
| LAUGHAT | 1 % | 7 |
| SNEERAT | 1 % | 7 |
| PARODY | 1 % | 6 |
| HOOTAT | 1 % | 6 |
| JOKEABOUT | 1 % | 9 |
| RIDICULE | 1 % | 8 |
| SPOOF | 1 % | 5 |
| JOSH | 1 % | 4 |
| ROAST | 1 % | 5 |
| BURLESQUE | 1 % | 9 |
| CHAFF | 1 % | 5 |
| RIDE | 1 % | 4 |
| MIMIC | 1 % | 5 |
| SCOFF | 1 % | 5 |
| SATIRIZE | 1 % | 8 |
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 MOCK
More clues leading to the result TWIT
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 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 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 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 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 LAUGHAT
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 HOOTAT
More clues leading to the result JOKEABOUT
More clues leading to the result RIDICULE
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
More clues leading to the result JOSH
- Kid around
- Logan of Broadway
- Kid
- Poke fun at
- "Inherent Vice" actor Brolin
- Actor Brolin
- Needle
- Tease
- Twit
- Kid good-naturedly
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 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 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 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 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 SCOFF
- Jeer
- Mock
- Express contempt
- Deride
- Ridicule
- Express mockery
- Deride, with "at"
- Jeer, with "at"
- Express doubt insolently
- Pooh-pooh