Meaning

2 senses

  1. To make a burlesque parody of.

    make a parody of

  2. To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

Examples

9 sentences

  1. Some drag is burlesque; some isn't.

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  2. We went to a burlesque show.

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  3. Tom and Mary went to a burlesque show.

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  4. French knickers are allowed in the world of burlesque.

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  5. I didn't know there was a burlesque club in this town.

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Origin

Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).

Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).

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Forms

burlesques, burlesquing, burlesqued, burlesqued
Base formburlesque · to burlesque
3rd person singularburlesques
Present participleburlesquing
Past simpleburlesqued
Past participleburlesqued

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyburlesque
he, she, itburlesques

Past simpleLesson

all personsburlesqued

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave burlesqued
he, she, ithas burlesqued

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill burlesque

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedunburlesqued

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
burgundyburialB2burlapburnA2burnable
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