lampoon
Collocations
4ADJ.
easy
VERB + LAMPOON
curl, loves, published
LAMPOON + NOUN
celebrities, hervey, ideas, lord
PREP.
in, on
Definitions
noun
A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.
To say truth, Ma'am, 'tis very vulgar to Print and as my little Productions are mostly Satires and Lampoons I find they circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the Friends of the Parties—
"Dangerous things, sir—dangerous things!" exclaimed Mr. Lintot, drawing a deep breath of air from the open window: "do you know, sir, Curl published a lampoon on Lord Hervey the other day, who said that he would have horsewhipped him if he could have found his way into the city...
verb
To satirize or poke fun at.
The original phrase was frequently lampooned in subsequent years, becoming strong enough in popular culture that the variations in place of ‘drugs’ probably didn’t take long to appear at all.
Her tone shift involved former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton lampooning their fellow ex-president as a figure of ridicule. Then Harris closed the trap with a line in her convention speech: “Trump is an unserious man. But the consequences … of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious.”
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6To say truth, Ma'am, 'tis very vulgar to Print and as my little Productions are mostly Satires and Lampoons I find they circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the Friends of the Parties—
Wiktionary"Dangerous things, sir—dangerous things!" exclaimed Mr. Lintot, drawing a deep breath of air from the open window: "do you know, sir, Curl published a lampoon on Lord Hervey the other day, who said th
WiktionaryThe original phrase was frequently lampooned in subsequent years, becoming strong enough in popular culture that the variations in place of ‘drugs’ probably didn’t take long to appear at all.
WiktionaryHer tone shift involved former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton lampooning their fellow ex-president as a figure of ridicule. Then Harris closed the trap with a line in her convention speech:
WiktionaryIt's easy to lampoon their ideas now, but they seemed quite reasonable at the time.
Tatoeba · #4471286She loves to lampoon celebrities in her sketches.
Tatoeba · #12591074