a. | 1. | 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. |
n. | 1. | Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire. |
2. | An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything. | |
3. | A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion. | |
v. t. | 1. | To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language. |
v. i. | 1. | To employ burlesque. |
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Verb | 1. | burlesque - make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers" |
Adj. | 1. | burlesque - relating to or characteristic of a burlesque; "burlesque theater" |