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Noun

One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion

A person who amuses with jests and pranks

A rough, bad-mannered, or generally reprehensible person

A person, especially a child, who is mischievous in a likeable or amusing way

Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner

Impersonate

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One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion

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“Along the same lines, there is an ad that features an incompetent buffoon who can't get his car stereo to work.”

Noun

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A person who amuses with jests and pranks

square peg in a round hole

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“It is certain also that he was the object also of much favor, enjoying privileges seldom if ever granted to the court buffoon.”

Noun

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A rough, bad-mannered, or generally reprehensible person

plowman^US

ploughman^UK

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Noun

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A person, especially a child, who is mischievous in a likeable or amusing way

jailbird^US

gaolbird^UK

phoney^UK

phony^US

public enemy number one

spectre^UK

specter^US

member of a criminal gang

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Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner

take the mickey out of

take the piss out of

satirize^US

satirise^UK

criticize^US

criticise^UK

minimize^US

minimise^UK

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

give someone a hard time

play a practical joke

hurl insults at

look down upon

rail at

make a laughing-stock

lead down the garden path

look down one's nose at

be contemptuous about

victimize^US

make cutting remarks about

make someone a laughing stock

make a monkey out of someone

antagonize^US

yank somebody's chain

give the Bronx cheer to

antagonise^UK

victimise^UK

not be able to stomach

treat disrespectfully

step on one's toes

hurt someone's feelings

set one's face against

play a practical joke on

lead up the garden path

agonize^US

agonise^UK

lead someone a merry dance

rub salt in wound

drive up the wall

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Verb

Impersonate

satirise^UK

satirize^US

symbolise^UK

symbolize^US

follow the example of

take a leaf out of someone's book

repeat mechanically

follow in the footsteps of

pattern oneself after

pattern oneself on

take as a role model

take as a pattern

follow in someone's steps

epitomize^US

epitomise^UK

phoney^UK

phony^US

make believe

do an impersonation of

take leaf out of book

sheik^US

sheikh^UK

pattern yourself after

be in the same league as

bear a resemblance to

be the very picture of

remind one of

evoke

conjure up

favour^UK

favor^US

be the incarnation of

externalize^US

materialize^US

personalize^US

personalise^UK

materialise^UK

externalise^UK

be the spitting image of

put one in mind of

be a chip off the old block

have the look of

cause one to remember

give the appearance of

go through the motions of

paint a mental picture of

be a typical sample of

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