variants
or jibes
as in mocks
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an important play
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Verb
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Student imitates Charlie Kirk's death and mocks him, goes up to statue where TPUSA members are and imitates his death again, and spits near them.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025 -
YouTube's policies specifically prohibit content that revels in or mocks the death or serious injury of an identifiable individual.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Then there’s the loud kind, where the audience openly ridicules you.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Wednesday ridicules Pugsley for making a zombie.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Garraty is forced to slap himself across the face to stay awake as Barkovitch taunts him.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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In the present day, Ellen watches as MacKinny taunts Colum in front of a crowd of onlookers and rushes to stand by his side.—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The protesters, identified as pro-Palestinian activists, forced Harris to pause multiple times as jeers broke out.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Random eruptions of cheers, when goals went in, and jeers, when the opponent did something to ridicule, blended.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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During the speech, however, Kemp periodically deviated from building up Astra to hurling insults at several of his competitors in the launch industry.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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Kimmel has been a frequent target, with the two trading insults.—
Dominick Mastrangelo,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Several poked fun at the moment through humorous quips.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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Kimmel could easily have addressed his comments on another episode or issued a statement in response to complaints; after all, there have been plenty of minor controversies over the years about quips made on late-night shows.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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No barbs being thrown back and forth.—
Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
19 Sep. 2025
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But over the course of his exile, Ali’s barbs and stunts against Frazier grew into something more venomous.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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King’s calm way of dealing with racist slights grated on Tony Coleman, a Black drummer 30 years his junior who joined his band in 1978.—
Todd Longwell,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
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Leonora measures out her days in courtesies and slights, the former dominating the beginning of the book, the latter rapidly gaining ground.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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