lampoon
English
WOTD – 25 September 2011
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /læmˈpuːn/
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Noun
lampoon (plural lampoons)
- A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
Derived terms
Translations
written satirical attack
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Verb
lampoon (third-person singular simple present lampoons, present participle lampooning, simple past and past participle lampooned)
- To satirize or poke fun at.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
satirize — see satirize
Further reading
- lampoon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- lampoon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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