Dictionary entries for 'lampoon'

Synonyms

lampoonery
satire

lam·poon (lăm-pōōń)

[French lampon, perhaps from lampons, let us drink (from a common refrain in drinking songs) first person pl. imperative of lamper, to gulp down, of Germanic origin.]

noun

A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution. See synonyms at caricature
A light, good-humored satire.

transitive verb: -pooned, -poon·ing, -poons.

To ridicule or satirize in or as if in a lampoon.

derivatives

lam·poońer: noun
lam·poońer·y: noun

noun

transitive verb: -pooned, -poon·ing, -poons.

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition