lampoonnoun [ C ]
uk/læmˈpuːn/us/læmˈpuːn/a piece of writing, a drawing, etc. that criticizes a famous person or a public organization in a humorous way, allowing their or its bad qualities to be seen and making them or it seem stupid:
The magazine is famed for its merciless political lampoons.
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Types of film, play, book etc.
- adaptation
- anime
- blockbuster
- cyberpunk
- epic
- epigram
- epistle
- film noir
- hagiography
- hokum
- indie
- mystery
- pap
- pastiche
- pastoral
- prose
- saga
- satire
- slow
- the big screen 1
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lampoon
verb [ T ] ukus
Many celebrities are lampooned on this satirical website.