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List of meaning for burlesque

a stage production or literary piece that uses excessive exaggeration or comedic imitation to ridicule something or someone

burlesque(noun)

a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)

parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on(adj)

a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

burlesque(verb)

relating to or characteristic of a burlesque

"burlesque theater"

spoof, burlesque, parody(verb)

make a parody of

"The students spoofed the teachers"

a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect

it is interesting to note that the first novel ever written in English was followed by a burlesque of it

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of

burlesquing the teacher's nervous tic isn't very nice

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