What does lampoon mean?
Definitions for lampoon
læmˈpunlam·poon
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word lampoon.
Princeton's WordNet
parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-onverb
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
satirize, satirise, lampoonverb
ridicule with satire
"The writer satirized the politician's proposal"
GCIDE
Lampoonnoun
Hence: Any satire ridiculing or mocking a person, activity, or institution by representing its character or behavior in an exaggerated or grotesque form; the representation may be written, filmed, or performed as a live skit, and may be intended as a severe reproach, or as good-natured humor.
Lampoonverb
To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a lampoon.
Wiktionary
lampoonnoun
A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
lampoonnoun
A light, good-humored satire.
lampoonverb
To satirize or poke fun at.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
LAMPOONnoun
Etymology: Nathan Bailey derives it from lampons, a drunken song. It imports, let us drink, from the old French lamper, and was repeated at the end of each couplet at carousals. Trev.
They say my talent is satire; if so, it is a fruitful age: they have sown the dragon’s teeth themselves, and it is but just they should reap each other in lampoons. Dryden.
Make satire a lampoon. Alexander Pope.
To Lampoonverb
To abuse with personal satire.
Etymology: from the noun.
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lampoon
Lampoon is a method of satire that criticizes or mocks individuals, groups, ideas, or institutions through ridicule, irony, or sarcasm, usually in a humorous or entertaining way. It can be presented in various forms such as in writing, cartoons, speeches, plays, or films. The main aim of a lampoon is to highlight and exaggerate certain traits or actions to provoke thought or amusement.
Webster Dictionary
Lampoonnoun
a personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress
Lampoonverb
to subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon
Etymology: [F. lampon a drinking song, fr. lampons let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, fr. lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to E. lap to drink. Prob. so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lampoon
lam-pōōn′, n. a personal satire in writing: low censure.—v.t. to assail with personal satire: to satirise:—pr.p. lampōōn′ing; pa.p. lampōōned′.—ns. Lampoon′er, one who writes a lampoon; Lampoon′ry, practice of lampooning: written personal abuse or satire. [O. Fr. lampon, orig. a drinking-song, with the refrain lampons=let us drink—lamper (or lapper, to lap), to drink.]
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The numerical value of lampoon in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lampoon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of lampoon in a Sentence
The wacko presidential race and Trump's easy to lampoon antics and rants are ‘ SNL's ’ comedic bread and butter. The election is often even described as like an ‘ SNL ’ skit. It's like the writers are being handed free material. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have inadvertently made ‘ SNL ’ hilarious.
Whenever the left wants to lampoon someone on the right President Trump always play the gay card. This is exactly what they think of gay people - that our lives and our relationships are jokes. Something deserving of ridicule and scorn, most middle school children behave better than this.
The problem for Newsom, if he wants to go national, is that California, with each passing day, just becomes that much easier to satire and lampoon.
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- سخريةArabic
- hanopis, pamfletCzech
- Schmähschrift, Pamphlet, SpottschriftGerman
- libelo, sátira, pasquínSpanish
- هجوPersian
- satiiri, pilkkakirjoitusFinnish
- pasquinFrench
- gúnyiratHungarian
- ծանակագիր, պամֆլետ, պարսավագիրArmenian
- 諷刺文, 풍자문Korean
- пасквиль, сатира, памфлетRussian
- satir, pamflett, parodi, smädeskrift, nidskriftSwedish
- пасквільUkrainian
- 諷刺文, 讽刺文Chinese
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