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1. (n.) burlesque
a comic literary or dramatic piece that vulgarizes lofty material or elevates the ordinary.
2. burlesque
any ludicrous parody or grotesque caricature.
3. burlesque
a stage show featuring comic, usu. bawdy skits and striptease acts.
4. (adj.) burlesque
involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject.
5. burlesque
of, pertaining to, or like stage-show burlesque.
6. (v.t.) burlesque
to make ridiculous by mocking representation.
7. (v.i.) burlesque
to use burlesque or caricature.
Etymology: (1650–60; < F < It burlesco, der. of burl(a) jest)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) burlesque
a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
2. (adj) parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
3. (verb) burlesque
relating to or characteristic of a burlesque
"burlesque theater"
4. (verb) spoof, burlesque, parody
make a parody of
"The students spoofed the teachers"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) burlesque
tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical
2. (noun) burlesque
ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire
3. (noun) burlesque
an ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything
4. (noun) burlesque
a ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion
5. (verb) burlesque
to ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language
6. (verb) burlesque
to employ burlesque
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