Meaning/usage of なめるな


I have been struggling to find a meaning for なめるな. The word seems to have the
effect of asking people to shut up, but this is just a guess.

It appears in a [news story about someone's twitter
comment](http://getnews.jp/archives/111530), from last year.

The last few bits of the comment are:

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    いつもいつも私の仲間に迷惑なツイートをしてくる人に言います。私の何を知っている。なめるな
    
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Judging from the nuance of 'いつもいつも' and '迷惑' and the tone of '私の何を知っている。', I'd
rather say it's the same as 馬鹿にするな = ふざけるな = Don't fuck with me'
<http://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=don%27t+fuck+with+me>




According to edict, the third definition of `なめる` is "to make fun of, to make
light of, to put down, to treat with contempt", so "don't make fun of me".
[Space ALC
defines](http://eow.alc.co.jp/%E3%81%AA%E3%82%81%E3%82%8B%E3%81%AA/UTF-8/)
`なめるなよ` as "Don't monkey around with me."

