Meaning of parody | Babel Free

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1. A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
   countable, uncountable
2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
   archaic, countable
3. To make a parody of. See Synonyms at imitate.
4. travesty
5. Imitating another work or style with intention to ridicule.
6. third-person singular present indicative
7. To copy (the manner or expression of another), especially in an exaggerated or mocking way:ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, mimic, mock, travesty.
8. second-person singular imperative
9. to make a parody of (something or someone). na-aap يُحاكي بصورةٍ ساخِرَه пародирам parodiar parodovat parodieren parodiere; efterligne διακωμωδώ parodiar parodeerima تقلید مضحک کردن parodioida parodier לַעֲשוֹת פָּרוֹדיָה על- नकल करना parodirati parodizál menjadikan parodi skopstæla parodiare もじる 풍자하다 parodijuoti parodēt mempersendakan parodiërenlage parodi på, parodiere parodiować ادبي پيښې parodiar a parodia пародировать parodovať parodirati parodirati parodiera ล้อ alay yoluyla yermek, hic...
10. A literary or artistic work that uses imitation, as of the characteristic style of an author or a work, for comic effect or ridicule.
11. Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty: The trial was a parody of justice.
12. Music The practice of reworking an already established composition, especially the incorporation into the Mass of material borrowed from other works, such as motets or madrigals.
    Music
13. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a musical, literary, or other composition that mimics the style of another composer, author, etc, in a humorous or satirical way
14. (Music, other) a musical, literary, or other composition that mimics the style of another composer, author, etc, in a humorous or satirical way
15. mimicry of someone's individual manner in a humorous or satirical way

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Examples

“The lively parody which he wrote […] was received with great applause.”

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