tease
verb
the others teased her about her accent:
make fun of, poke fun at, chaff, make jokes about, rag, mock, laugh at, guy, satirize, be sarcastic about;
deride, ridicule, scoff at, jeer at, jibe at;
taunt, bait, goad, pick on;
informal take the mickey out of, send up, rib, josh, wind up, have on, pull someone's leg, make a monkey of;
North American, informal goof on, rag on, put on, pull someone's chain, razz, fun, shuck;
Australian, New Zealand, informal poke mullock at, poke borak at, sling off at, chiack;
Cricket, informal sledge;
British, vulgar slang take the piss out of;
British, informal , dated rot;
dated make sport of, twit;
archaic quiz, smoke, flout at, rally.
tease Oxford Dictionary of English