make sport of

present singular third person makes sport of · participle present making sport of · participle past made sport of · past made sport of

1. idiomaticTo make fun of someone or something.

   I never heard him say a hard word about anyone, and it visibly grieved him when the rest of us made sport of our schoolmates, especially those with hopes of being published in Troubadour.

   2003, Tobias Wolff, “Class Picture”, in Old School: a novel, 1st edition (fiction), quoted in Merriam-Webster, New York City, NY: Alfred A[braham]. Knopf, published 2003, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 10, lines 5–7

   Synonyms: mock, ridicule, tease

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, sport, of.