(n)rib, costaany of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
(v)ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke funsubject 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”