PARODY (parodied)

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Irregular inflected form: parodied   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does parody mean? 

• PARODY (noun)
  The noun PARODY has 2 senses:

1. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

2. humorous or satirical mimicry

  Familiarity information: PARODY used as a noun is rare.

• PARODY (verb)
  The verb PARODY has 2 senses:

1. make a spoof of or make fun of

2. make a parody of

  Familiarity information: PARODY used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARODY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

burlesque; lampoon; mockery; parody; pasquinade; put-on; send-up; sendup; spoof; takeoff; travesty

Hypernyms ("parody" is a kind of...):

caricature; imitation; impersonation (a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect)

Derivation:

parodist (mimics literary or musical style for comic effect)

parody (make a parody of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Humorous or satirical mimicry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

mockery; parody; takeoff

Hypernyms ("parody" is a kind of...):

apery; mimicry (the act of mimicking; imitative behavior)

Derivation:

parodist (mimics literary or musical style for comic effect)

parody (make a spoof of or make fun of)

• PARODY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they parody    ... he / she / it parodies   
Past simple: parodied   
Past participle: parodied   
-ing form: parodying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a spoof of or make fun of

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "parody" is one way to...):

act; play; represent (play a role or part)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

parody (humorous or satirical mimicry)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a parody of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

burlesque; parody; spoof

Context example:

The students spoofed the teachers

Hypernyms (to "parody" is one way to...):

mock (imitate with mockery and derision)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "parody"):

travesty (make a travesty of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

parodist (mimics literary or musical style for comic effect)

parody (a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way)

 Context examples 

I will parody them—Will not that do, Mrs. Grant?

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

At every other point the king was an absurd parody of the Professor.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Also, she was guilty of a second poem, in which she parodied him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Another paper, in deadly seriousness, reproving Helen Della Delmar for her parody, said: But unquestionably Miss Delmar wrote it in a moment of badinage and not quite with the respect that one great poet should show to another and perhaps to the greatest.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)