(a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant
images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating
it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular;
ironical.
(n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque
satire.
(n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite
laughter, or to ridicule anything.
(n.) A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross
perversion.
(v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque
representation in action or in language.
(v. i.) To employ burlesque.
