meaning of burlesques

1. Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.
2.
Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
3.
An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
4.
A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
5.
To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
6.
To employ burlesque.


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