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takeoff, parody, mockery, charade, spoof, sendup, burlesque, travesty, pasquinade

n. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

v. ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal"

n. humorous or satirical mimicry

n. witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

sketch, cartoon

n. a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on

n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

double entendre

n. an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate

crack, sally, wisecrack, quip

n. witty remark

give-and-take, banter, raillery, backchat

n. light teasing repartee

repartee

n. adroitness and cleverness in reply

humor, wit, humour, witticism, wittiness

n. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

contempt, scorn

n. open disrespect for a person or thing

derision, ridicule

n. contemptuous laughter

joke, jest, wheeze, yak, gag, laugh, jape

n. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"

play, sport, fun

n. verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"

magnification, exaggeration, overstatement

n. making to seem more important than it really is

mock, bemock, treat with contempt

v. treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles"

ape, caricature

v. represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

copy, simulate, imitate

v. reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings"

mimic, mock

v. imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately"

deride

v. treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"

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