send-up
or send·up
an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
Origin of send-up
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How to use send-up in a sentence
More frequently, you find the smirk in comedies, like the sendup of Hollywood nihilism in Get Shorty.
In Vice Presidential Debate, Joe Biden Perfects Art of the Smirk | Lee Siegel | October 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the grand sweep of history, the SNL sendup of Obama could prove a fleeting impression.
This is again an obvious sendup of the art world, where people often place value on objects of questionable worth.
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British Dictionary definitions for send up
slang to send to prison
British informal to make fun of, esp by doing an imitation or parody of: he sent up the teacher marvellously
British informal a parody or imitation
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Other Idioms and Phrases with send-up
Put in prison, as in He'll be sent up for at least ten years. [Mid-1800s]
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