burlesque

Parodical; parodicdated

• It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.
• Podunk. A term applied to an imaginary place in burlesque writing or speaking.

A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.countableuncountable

• Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people.
• The dull burlesque appeared with impudence, / And pleased by novelty in spite of sense.

A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.countableuncountable

A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.countableuncountable

• Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute?

To make a burlesque parody of.

• When the venerable New York Times took my quote in which I described the neon elements as "burlesquing the myth of male dominance" and instead printed "he prefers to describe them as . . . symbols of male dominance" it became clear that dea

To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

• They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule.