sendup
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- noun
- /ˈsɛndˌʌp/
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parodia
- In the play, there was a brilliant sendup of a famous detective film that left the audience in stitches.
Examples
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Hell, if my eight-month-pregnant wife was willing to bare her belly in a charming, trashy, full-term Daisy Duke sendup, the least I could do is match her step for step.
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Each season had its own intro theme song: an English music hall sendup of the play for that season.
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Someday, Mystery Science Theater 6000 will send up MS3000's sendup.
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Sure, folks from Pittsburgh or Savannah could watch the movie, follow its plot (it's a cop movie, basically, with many additional layers piled on), and enjoy its sendup of 1970s genre films.
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The comedy show featured a hilarious sendup of popular reality television stars.
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His latest book is a clever sendup of political satire that has everyone laughing.
Synonyms
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5.0
A funny copy of a song or film that makes fun of the original
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4.9
Making fun of someone or something by copying them to make others laugh
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7.7
An unfair silly version of something that makes fun of the original
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3.5
A funny copy of a person that makes their voice or actions seem bigger
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5.3
A funny imitation of a film or book that makes fun of the original
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8.0
A written piece that makes fun of a person or group by copying their style
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A funny copy of a person or movie that makes fun of their style
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6.3
A funny imitation of a person's voice or behaviour
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A play or story that makes fun of something by exaggerating its style
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6.3
A funny imitation of a person or show to make people laugh
A short funny piece posted in public that mocks a person
Copying someone's actions or words to make fun of them
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Sendup comes from the simple phrase send + up, like sending someone onto a stage 'to be laughed at' or shown for fun. So a sendup is a humorous imitation or parody that copies someone to make them look funny.