Look up: Lampoon


  1. Lampoon
    Scurrilous, satirical poem e.g. John Wilmot's famous epitaph for Charles II:
    Her lies a great and mighty king
      Whose promise none relies on;
    He never said a foolish thing,
      Nor ever did a wise one.

    Found op http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/glossary_of_poetic_terms.htm

  2. Lampoon
    Lam·poon' noun [ French lampon a drinking song, from lampons let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, from lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to English lap to drink. Prob. so called b...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/9

  3. Lampoon
    Lam·poon' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lampooned ; present participle & verbal noun Lampooning .] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject o...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/9

  4. Lampoon
    • (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.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/lampoon/

  5. lampoon
    virulent satire in prose or verse that is a gratuitous and sometimes unjust and malicious attack on an individual. Although the term came into use ... [2 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/10

  6. lampoon
    Satirical attack (see satire) on a person in verse or prose, most commonly in the form of a vicious character sketch
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0038696.html

  7. lampoon
    1) Burlesque 2) Caricature 3) Charade 4) Harvard tradition 5) Imitation 6) Impersonation 7) Mockery 8) Parody 9) Pasquinade 10) Put-on 11) Ridicule 12) Satire 13) Satirize 14) Send up or put down 15)...
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/lampoon/1

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