lampoon
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[edit] Noun
lampoon (plural lampoons)
- A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
- A light, good-humored satire.
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written satirical attack
[edit] Verb
lampoon (third-person singular simple present lampoons, present participle lampooning, simple past and past participle lampooned)
- To satirize or poke fun at.
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satirize — see satirize
[edit] External links
- lampoon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- lampoon in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911