Concept cluster: Actions > Mockery or teasing
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(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
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One who banters.
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Alternative spelling of bants [(UK, slang) Banter, particularly among men.]
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A shelf-talker.
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An act of jeering or heckling.
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One who bickers; one who engages in nagging or trivial arguing.
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the sounds of dialogue consisting of complaints and expressions of contempt, especially said of a spouse
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(transitive, derogatory) To say (something foolish or nonsensical); to say (something) in a foolish or overly verbose way.
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(intransitive) To blather.
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(obsolete) A jeer; a sharp jest or taunt.
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(archaic) Boasting.
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A disapproving exclamation by a member of an audience.
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(transitive) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
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One who chides.
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(transitive, archaic) To fondle; to indulge or pamper.
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(intransitive, rare) To blather or prate.
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(informal) To laugh uproariously.
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(archaic) mockery; derision
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One who jeers.
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One who frisks or dances.
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One who frowns.
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To scoff; to jeer.
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Alternative spelling of jibe (“facetious or insulting remark”) [A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.]
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(transitive) To make a joke, often condescendingly, at the expense of (someone); to make fun of.
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(transitive) To jeer at.
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(obsolete, transitive) To ridicule, or mock; to make sport of.
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One who glowers.
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(transitive) To make fun of, to ridicule with wit or innuendo.
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The act of one who heckles.
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Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, bully.
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One who hectors or bullies.
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(rare) Obsolete spelling of hector [Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a blusterer, bully.]
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Alternative form of hissy fit [(informal) A childish display of anger or frustration; an overly dramatic tantrum.]
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(transitive) To persistently harass.
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Someone who upsets or irritates others; a trouble-maker or controversial figure.
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(slang) Anything moaned about; a gripe.
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(Western Pennsylvania) To tease.
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(transitive) To mock; deride.
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A mocking remark or reflection.
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One who criticizes, disparages, or mocks.
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A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
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(transitive, dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.
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(intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
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To scorn or tease; to evince contempt or pity for someone, usually contrasted with laugh with.
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Synonym of laugh on the other side of one's face
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(uncommon, US, dialectal, possibly obsolete) sneaking, sneaky
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One who mutters.
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Someone or something that nags.
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One who nags.
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(transitive, obsolete) To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
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Rumour or complaint.
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Alternative spelling of pandemonium [A loud, wild, tumultuous protest, disorder, or chaotic situation, usually of a crowd, often violent.]
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One who lampoons.
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(slang, archaic) Lecturing or patronizing talk, especially from an adult to a child.
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To subject someone to laughter or ridicule.
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(archaic) A quip or gibe.
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A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort or comeback; a gibe.
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(rare) A little quip; a minor amusing remark.
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One who rants; a noisy, boisterous speaker or declaimer.
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(countable) An instance of teasing.
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(intransitive) To engage in noisy, drunken, or riotous behaviour.
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(figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
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One who satirizes.
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(intransitive) To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.
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(obsolete) A flout; a jeer; a gibe; a taunt.
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Synonym of shelf-talker
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A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
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A catty or sarcastic remark.
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(obsolete) To mock or jeer.
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A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery
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(transitive, obsolete) To taunt, to reproach.
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A boastful loudmouth.
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(transitive) To reproach, blame; to ridicule or tease.
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a droll remark or jest
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(Nigeria) Satirical verbal abuse; a roasting.
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To laugh exuberantly.
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(US) To clown around: to behave clownishly; to joke idly.
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A witty insult or derogatory remark.

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