belachelijk maken — meaning in English
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English meaning
- skit noun A short comic performance, usually a few minutes long, with a single joke or situation at its centre — the kind of thing performed at a school assembly, on a variety show or in a social media video.
- stultify verb To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
Senses
belachelijk maken is used for these senses in English:
- make a fool of (transitive) To cause (someone) to seem foolish.
- skit (transitive, Ireland, Liverpool, Merseyside) To make fun of.
- stultify (transitive, dated) To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy. [from early 19th c.]
skit — full definition
- noun A short comic performance, usually a few minutes long, with a single joke or situation at its centre — the kind of thing performed at a school assembly, on a variety show or in a social media video.
- noun A short recorded comic interlude placed between the tracks of an album, especially in hip hop.
stultify — full definition
- verb To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
- verb To make useless or worthless.
- verb To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy.
- verb To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.