Lampoon

Quick meaning: Lampoon is a noun meaning A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.

Meaning

A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To satirize or poke fun at.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

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.”

Word Forms

• lampoons
• lampooning
• lampooned

Synonyms for lampoon

Depending on context, synonyms include diss, trash talk, jibe, kid, assassinate, asperse.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pasquinade, satirize, travesty, sendup, mockery, parody.

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