burlesque
1. a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor;
consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
• Hypernyms:
show
2. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
• Syn:
parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery,
takeoff, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on
• Derivationally related forms:
take off (for: takeoff), spoof (for: spoof), lampoon (for: lampoon), parodist (for: parody), parody (for: parody)
• Hypernyms:
caricature, imitation, impersonation
make a parody of
- The students spoofed the teachers
• Syn:
spoof, parody
• Derivationally related forms:
parodist (for: parody), parody (for: parody), spoof (for: spoof)
• Hypernyms:
mock
• Hyponyms:
travesty
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
relating to or characteristic of a burlesque
- burlesque theater
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