からかう — meaning in English

English meaning

• banter noun Light, good-humoured teasing conversation exchanged between people who know each other well.
• chaff noun The dry, papery husks separated from grain during threshing.
• tease verb To poke fun at someone playfully or, sometimes, unkindly.

Senses

からかう is used for these senses in English:

• banter Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
• chaff (intransitive) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
• chaff (transitive) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language.
• make fun of (idiomatic, informal) To tease, ridicule or make jokes about, generally in a pejorative manner.
• tease (transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately in a playful way.

banter — full definition

1. noun Light, good-humoured teasing conversation exchanged between people who know each other well.
2. verb To exchange playful, teasing remarks with someone.

chaff — full definition

1. noun The dry, papery husks separated from grain during threshing.
2. noun Something considered worthless or unwanted, especially compared with something valuable ("separating the wheat from the chaff").
3. verb To tease or make good-natured fun of someone.

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