All make sport of synonyms

verb make sport of

• joke — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
• bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
• tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
• pretend — to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
• delude — If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
• flimflam — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
• rag — a musical composition in ragtime: a piano rag.
• razz — to deride; make fun of; tease.
• jest — a joke or witty remark; witticism.
• jape — to jest; joke; gibe.
• hoax — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
• josh — a male given name, form of Joshua.
• banter — Banter is teasing or joking talk that is amusing and friendly.
• cozen — to cheat or trick (someone)
• gull — a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.
• jolly — in good spirits; lively; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
• dupe — duplicate.
• trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
• beguile — If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
• bamboozle — To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
• roast — to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, especially in an oven.
• fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
• spoof — a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
• hoodwink — to deceive or trick.
• rib — one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
• mock — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
• make fun of — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
• burlesque — A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
• deride — If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
• heckle — to harass (a public speaker, performer, etc.) with impertinent questions, gibes, or the like; badger.
• kid — Thomas, 1558–94, English dramatist.
• lampoon — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
• parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
• ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
• satirize — to attack or ridicule with satire.