burlesque

[US]/bɜːˈlesk/

[UK]/bɜːrˈlesk/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a form of entertainment that mocks or imitates through funny and exaggerated performances
adj. mocking or imitating in a funny and exaggerated way
vt. & vi. to imitate or mock (someone or something) in a funny and exaggerated way

Phrases & Collocations

burlesque show

burlesque performance

Example Sentences

the funniest burlesque of music hall.

burlesque a person's way of talking

Our comic play was a burlesque of a Shakespearean tragedy.

He shouldn’t burlesque the elder.

a mock-heroic farce that burlesques the affectations of Restoration heroic drama.

The antics of the defense attorneys turned the trial into a burlesque of justice.

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