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Noun
S:
(n)
cad (cad%1:18:00::)
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bounder (bounder%1:18:00::)
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blackguard (blackguard%1:18:00::)
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dog (dog%1:18:02::)
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hound (hound%1:18:00::)
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heel (heel%1:18:00::)
(someone who is morally reprehensible)
"you dirty dog"
Verb
S:
(v)
ridicule (ridicule%2:32:00::)
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roast (roast%2:32:00::)
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guy (guy%2:32:00::)
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blackguard (blackguard%2:32:01::)
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laugh at (laugh_at%2:32:00::)
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jest at (jest_at%2:32:00::)
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rib (rib%2:32:00::)
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make fun (make_fun%2:32:00::)
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poke fun (poke_fun%2:32:00::)
(subject to laughter or ridicule)
"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"
S:
(v)
abuse (abuse%2:32:00::)
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clapperclaw (clapperclaw%2:32:00::)
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blackguard (blackguard%2:32:00::)
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shout (shout%2:32:12::)
(use foul or abusive language towards)
"The actress abused the policeman who gave her a parking ticket"; "The angry mother shouted at the teacher"