send-upnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsend.ʌp/us/ˈsend.ʌp/UK informalan act of making someone or something seem stupid by copying him, her, or it in a funny way:
He does a brilliant send-up of the prime minister.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Mocking and taunting
- burlesque
- caricature
- deride
- derision
- derisive
- fun
- haze
- lay yourself open to ridicule idiom
- make a mockery of sth idiom
- make a monkey out of sb idiom
- mimic
- mock
- mockery
- mocking
- parody
- sardonic
- scoff
- send
- send sb/sth up
- take off
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