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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

An appealingly mischievous person

Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner

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Noun

One who acts in a silly or ridiculous fashion

flibbertigibbet

clownlike person

object of derision

object of ridicule

pain in the backside

pain in the rear

pain in the neck

pain in the bum

mental defective

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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

A person who amuses with jests and pranks

clownlike person

life of the party

straight person

practical joker

barrel of laughs

a million laughs

wearer of the motley

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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

A rough, bad-mannered, or generally reprehensible person

nasty piece of work

snake in the grass

good-for-nothing

reprehensible person

dastardly person

unprincipled person

juvenile delinquent

professional killer

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Noun

An appealingly mischievous person

practical joker

enfant terrible

life of the party

mischievous child

badly behaved child

juvenile delinquent

agent provocateur

mischievous person

good-for-nothing

snake in the grass

unprincipled person

nasty piece of work

dastardly person

reprehensible person

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Verb

Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner

treat contemptuously

make jokes about

treat with contempt

be sarcastic about

make a monkey of

wind someone up

poke mullock at

show contempt for

make a monkey out of

take the mickey out of

take the piss out of

hold up to ridicule

pull somebody's leg

cock a snook at

laugh out of court

pull someone's leg

give a hard time

hold up to shame

be scornful about

blow raspberries at

blow raspberries

hold in contempt

make a laughing-stock

give someone a hard time

feel contempt for

pull someone's chain

play a practical joke

hurl insults at

lead down the garden path

look down one's nose at

thumb one's nose at

take the mickey

have a joke with

get on the nerves of

be on the back of

expose to ridicule

get in the hair of

be contemptuous of

shout disapproval

be contemptuous about

mess someone around

make a monkey out of someone

mess someone about

have someone on

shout disapproval at

yank somebody's chain

transgress against

treat with disdain

make someone a laughing stock

fail to observe

make cutting remarks about

say contemptuously

give Bronx cheer

turn up your nose

commit a breach of

fail to comply with

laugh in the face of

fly in the face of

consider beneath you

turn up one's nose

curl one's lip at

cause offence to

call someone names

consider beneath one

curl your lip at

give the Bronx cheer to

spit in the face of

spit in the eye of

be in breach of

cast aspersions on

turn your nose up at

turn up your nose at

turn nose up at

give offence to

step on one's toes

hurt someone's feelings

treat disrespectfully

give someone the cold-shoulder

cut to the quick

find intolerable

regard with contempt

lead somebody on

make ridiculous

not be able to stomach

not be able to stand

look down nose at

have no use for

not be able to bear

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Verb

Impersonate

do an impression of

follow the example of

model oneself on

take as a model

take as an example

take a leaf out of someone's book

repeat mechanically

follow in the footsteps of

repeat mindlessly

pattern oneself after

pattern oneself on

take as a role model

take as a pattern

do an impersonation of

take leaf out of book

take the mickey

take the piss out of

do a takeoff of

be on a par with

follow in footsteps

model yourself on

be the equal of

pattern yourself after

be in the same league as

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