send-up
1 of 2noun
ˈsend-ˌəp 
: parody, takeoff
send up
2 of 2verb
sent up; sending up; sends up
transitive verb
1
: to send to jail
2
: to make fun of : parody
Synonyms
Noun
- burlesque
- caricature
- parody
- put-on
- rib
- spoof
- takeoff
- travesty
Verb
- burlesque
- caricature
- do
- imitate
- mimic
- mock
- parody
- spoof
- travesty
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Example Sentences
Verb the sitcom sends up the “trials and tribulations” of the rich and famous
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1958, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1852, in the meaning defined at sense 1
send-up 1 of 2
noun
as in parody
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect a singer-comedian who specializes in send-ups of pop hits Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- parody
- spoof
- satire
- burlesque
- caricature
- takeoff
- imitation
- travesty
- comedy
- put-on
- lampoon
- rib
- sketch
- slapstick
- farce
- distortion
- mockery
- exaggeration
- squib
- impersonation
- humor
- mimicking
send up
2 of 2verb
as in to imitate
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of the sitcom sends up the "trials and tribulations" of the rich and famous Synonyms & Similar Words
- imitate
- parody
- mock
- do
- mimic
- caricature
- spoof
- travesty
- play
- burlesque
- emulate
- perform
- reproduce
- play up
- simulate
- ridicule
- put on
- pretend
- deride
- satirize
- lampoon
- act
- jibe
- replicate
- duplicate
- pasquinade
- parrot
- gibe
- monkey
- stretch
- ape
- dissemble
- elaborate
- enhance
- feign
- sham
- embellish
- pad
- counterfeit
- exaggerate
- copycat
- personate
- expand
- fake
- embroider
- amplify
- mime
- overdraw
- pantomime
- magnify
- flesh (out)
- impersonate
- enlarge (on or upon)
- overstate
- deferred shoot
- deferred stock
- deferred to
- deferrer
- deferrers
- deferring
- deferring (to)
- deferring to
- deferrization
- defers
- defers (to)
- defers to
- defervesced
- defervescence
- defervescences
- defervescent
- defervesces
- defervescing
- defeudalise
- defeudalised
- defeudalises
- defeudalising
- defeudalized
- defeudalizes
- defeudalizing