lampoon
1Lampoon — may refer to one of the following:*Parody *The Thai actor and singer Amphol Lampoon * Harvard Lampoon , a noted humor magazine ** National Lampoon magazine, a defunct offshoot of Harvard Lampoon ***National Lampoon Inc, a 2002 company …
2Lampoon — Lam*poon , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lampooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lampooning}.] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a lampoon. [1913 Webster +PJC] Ribald poets had… …
3Lampoon — 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… …
4lampoon — [n] parody, satire burlesque, caricature, invective, pasquil, pasquinade, pastiche, ridicule, roast*, send up*, skit, squib, takedown, takeoff*; concepts 263,273 lampoon [v] ridicule, make fun of burlesque, caricature, jape, mock, parody,… …
5lampoon — [lam po͞on′] n. [Fr lampon < lampons, let us drink (refrain in a drinking song) < lamper, to guzzle: see LAMPAS1] a piece of satirical writing, usually attacking or ridiculing someone vt. to attack or ridicule by means of a lampoon SYN.… …
6lampoon — index caricature, disparage, jape, mock (deride), parody, pillory, travesty Burton s Legal Thesaurus …
7lampoon — n *libel, skit, squib, pasquinade …
8lampoon — ► VERB ▪ publicly satirize or ridicule. ► NOUN ▪ a satirical attack. ORIGIN French lampon, said to be from lampons let us drink …
9lampoon — UK [læmˈpuːn] / US [læmˈpun] verb [transitive] Word forms lampoon : present tense I/you/we/they lampoon he/she/it lampoons present participle lampooning past tense lampooned past participle lampooned to publicly criticize someone or something by… …
10lampoon — {{11}}lampoon (n.) 1640s, from Fr. lampon (17c.), of unknown origin, said by French etymologists to be from lampons let us drink, popular refrain for scurrilous 17c. songs, from lamper to drink, guzzle, a nasalized form of laper to lap, from a… …
