send-up

See also: sendup and send up

English

WOTD – 01 November 2011

Alternative forms

• sendup

Etymology

send + up

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛndˌʌp/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

send-up (plural send-ups)

1. A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre.
   • 1998, Wing Chun, "The Reluctant Hero," televisionwithoutpity.com, 24 Nov,

     The clever send-up of the horror genre shows a profound understanding of the traditional Hollywood machinations.

Translations

satirical imitation

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: պարոդիա (hy) (parodia), ծաղրերգություն (hy) (caġrergutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戏仿 (zh) (xìfǎng), 戲仿／戏仿 (zh) (xìfǎng)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: parodie (nl) f, persiflage (nl) f
• Finnish: parodia (fi)
• French: parodie (fr) f
• German: Parodie (de) f
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• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 조롱 (ko) (jorong)
• Portuguese: paródia (pt) f
• Russian: паро́дия (ru) f (paródija)
• Spanish: parodia (es) f
• Swedish: parodi (sv) c, drift (sv) c
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• send up (verb)

Anagrams

• ends up, unsped, up-ends, upends, upsend