lam'pooner
World English Dictionary
lampoon (læmˈpuːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a satire in prose or verse ridiculing a person, literary work, etc |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to attack or satirize in a lampoon |
| [C17: from French lampon, perhaps from lampons let us drink (frequently used as a refrain in poems)] | |
| lam'pooner | |
| —n | |
| lam'poonist | |
| —n | |
| lam'poonery | |
| —n | |
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