Burlesque

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To employ burlesque.

II. Burlesque ·noun Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.

III. Burlesque ·noun A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

IV. Burlesque ·vt To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

V. Burlesque ·noun An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.

VI. Burlesque ·adj 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.