Lampoon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Lampoon	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Lampoon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lampoon n a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way Synonym(s): parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on v ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" Synonym(s): satirize, satirise, lampoon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lampoon \Lam*poon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lampooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lampooning}.] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. Ribald poets had lampooned him. --Macaulay. Syn: To libel; defame; satirize; lash.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lampoon \Lam*poon"\, n. [F. lampon a drinking song, fr. lampons let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, fr. lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to E. lap to drink. Prob. so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.] A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress. Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. --Dryden.