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1. (n.) parody
a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing.
2. parody
the genre of literary composition represented by such imitations.
3. parody
any humorous, satirical, or burlesque imitation, as of a person, event, etc.
4. parody
a burlesque imitation of a musical composition.
5. parody
a poor or feeble imitation; travesty.
6. (v.t.) parody
to imitate (a composition, author, etc.) for purposes of ridicule or satire.
7. parody
to imitate feebly; travesty.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L parōdia < Gk parōidía a burlesque song or poem. See par -, ode , -y3)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) 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
2. (verb) parody, mockery, takeoff
humorous or satirical mimicry
3. (verb) parody
make a spoof of or make fun of
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. (noun) parody
a writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty
2. (noun) parody
a popular maxim, adage, or proverb
3. (verb) parody
to write a parody upon; to burlesque
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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parody
A calico cat stuffed with cotton.
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Sense: an amusing imitation of a serious author's style of writing
He writes parodies of John Donne's poems.
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 Afrikaans: parodie |
 Arabic: مُحاكاة تَهَكُّمِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: пародия |
 Brazilian: paródia |
 Czech: parodie |
 German: die Parodie |
 Danish: parodi |
 Greek: διακωμώδηση, παρωδία |
 Spanish: parodia |
 Estonian: paroodia |
 Farsi: تقلید مضحک |
 Finnish: parodia |
 French: parodie |
 Hebrew: פָּרוֹדיָה |
 Hindi: विद्रूपिका |
 Croatian: parodija |
 Hungarian: paródia |
 Indonesian: parodi |
 Icelandic: skopstæling, parodía |
 Italian: parodia |
 Japanese: パロディー |
 Korean: 풍자 |
 Lithuanian: parodija |
 Latvian: parodija |
 Malay: parodi |
 Dutch: parodie |
 Norwegian: parodi |
 Polish: parodia |
 Persian: تقلید مضحک |
 Pashto: ادبي پيښې، ادبي تقليد ( د |
 Portuguese: paródia |
 Romanian: parodie |
 Russian: пародия |
 Slovak: paródia |
 Slovenian: parodija |
 Serbian: parodija |
 Swedish: parodi |
 Thai: การเขียนล้อเลียน |
 Turkish: parodi, hicviye, taşlama |
 Taiwanese: 模仿滑稽作品 |
 Ukrainian: пародія |
 Urdu: مضحکہ خيز نقل اتارنا |
 Vietnamese: thơ nhại |
 Chinese: 模仿滑稽作品 |
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