Lampoon

[læm'puːn] or [læm'pun]

Definition

(n.) A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.

(v. t.) To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon.

Typist: Sonia

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Pasquinade, satire, squib.

v. a. Satirize, abuse, defame, slander, calumniate, lash.

Editor: Vito

Definition

n. a personal satire in writing: low censure.—v.t. to assail with personal satire: to satirise:—pr.p. lampōōn′ing; pa.p. lampōōned′.—ns. Lampoon′er one who writes a lampoon; Lampoon′ry practice of lampooning: written personal abuse or satire.

Checker: Wilbur