What is the meaning of poke fun?

Subject to laughter or ridicule.
- usage: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
- synonyms: ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun

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