4
needle(noun, verb, bother, disturb, annoy)
3
ride(verb, phrasal verb, bother, disturb, annoy)
3
gibe(verb, bother, annoy, provoke, scorn)
3
kid around(verb, expression, disturb, mock, tease)
3
make fun of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, bother)
3
pun(pretend, tease, jest, laugh, kid)
3
quip(fool, pretend, tease, jolly, joke)
3
scoff at(verb, expression, scorn, mock, tease)
3
taunt(verb, bother, disturb, annoy, provoke)
3
wisecrack(pretend, tease, jest, laugh, kid)
2
deride(verb, scorn, fool, mock, pretend)
2
dog(verb, bother, disturb, annoy, provoke)
2
fleer(verb, scorn, expose, mock, tease)
2
fooling
2
haze(verb, scorn, expose, mock, tease)
2
jeer(verb, scorn, fool, mock, tease)
2
lark
2
laugh at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, scorn, mock)
2
play(pretend, tease, jest, laugh, kid)
2
pleasantry
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