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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sketch |
| Synonyms: | act, parody, performance, play, satire, spoof, takeoff |
| Notes: | though both a sketch and skit are short entertaining presentations, a sketch is usually serious and unrehearsed, while a skit is typically rehearsed and comical |
| Main Entry: | lampoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parody, satire |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, caricature, invective, pasquil, pasquinade, pastiche, ridicule, roast, send-up, skit, squib, takedown, takeoff |
| Main Entry: | parody |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imitation, spoof |
| Synonyms: | apology, burlesque, caricature, cartoon, copy, derision, farce, irony, jest, joke, lampoon, mime, mimicry, misrepresentation, mock-heroic, mockery, pastiche, play-on, raillery, rib, ridicule, roast, satire, send-up, skit, takeoff, travesty |
| Antonyms: | reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | satire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ridicule intended to expose truth |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, caricature, causticity, chaffing, irony, lampoon, lampoonery, mockery, parody, pasquinade, persiflage, play-on, put-on, raillery, sarcasm, send-up, skit, spoof, squib, takeoff, travesty, wit, witticism |
| Main Entry: | stunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deed, trick |
| Synonyms: | achievement, act, antic, caper, exploit, feat, feature, performance, sketch, skit, tour de force |
| Main Entry: | vaudeville |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment |
| Synonyms: | burlesque, revue, show, skit, theater |
| Main Entry: | lampoonery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | satire |
| Synonyms: | banter, burlesque, caricature, causticity, chaffing, irony, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, persiflage, play-on, put-on, raillery, sarcasm, send-up, skit, spoof, squib, takeoff, travesty, wit, witticism |
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