All 3 Uses
ridicule
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Do You Speak American?
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- For generations they had that vowel sound in common with New Yorkers, the traditional "oy" sound often ridiculed in the pronunciation of Thirty-third and Third as Toity-toid and Toid.†
Chpt 2 *ridiculed = mocked (made fun of)
- La Cucaracha" was a song created by followers of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, ridiculing the government forces they said couldn't fight without smoking marijuana.†
Chpt 5ridiculing = mocking (making fun of)
- The comic La Cucaracha is shocking to many and draws plenty of hate mail because it ridicules Hispanic icons as readily as it mocks U.S. politics—evidence that the Latino presence in the United States has evolved to a level with many nuances.†
Chpt 5ridicules = mocks (makes fun of)
Definitions:
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(1)
(ridicule) mock (make fun of); or the language or behavior that does so
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)