'Lampoon' definitions:
Definition of 'lampoon'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Lampoon'
From: GCIDE
- Lampoon \Lam*poon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lampooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Lampooning.] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a lampoon. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Ribald poets had lampooned him. --Macaulay.
- Syn: To libel; defame; satirize; lash. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lampoon'
From: GCIDE
- Lampoon \Lam*poon"\, n. [F. lampon a drinking song, fr. lampons let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, fr. lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to E. lap to drink. Prob. so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.]
- 1. A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress. [1913 Webster]
- Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: Any satire ridiculing or mocking a person, activity, or institution by representing its character or behavior in an exaggerated or grotesque form; the representation may be written, filmed, or performed as a live skit, and may be intended as a severe reproach, or as good-natured humor. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'lampoon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agile wit,
- Atticism,
- black humor,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- comedy,
- dry wit,
- esprit,
- farce,
- hatchet job,
- hit off on,
- humor,
- imitation,
- irony,
- malicious parody,
- mock,
- mockery,
- nimble wit,
- parody,
- pasquil,
- pasquin,
- pasquinade,
- pastiche,
- pleasantry,
- poison pen,
- pretty wit,
- put down,
- quick wit,
- ready wit,
- ridicule,
- run down,
- salt,
- sarcasm,
- satire,
- satirize,
- savor of wit,
- send up,
- skewer,
- slapstick,
- slapstick humor,
- squib,
- subtle wit,
- take off,
- take off on,
- take-off,
- takeoff,
- travesty,
- visual humor,
- wicked imitation,
- wit