Lampooning

Lampooning
Lampoon Lam*poon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lampooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lampooning}.] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a lampoon. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Ribald poets had lampooned him. --Macaulay.

Syn: To libel; defame; satirize; lash. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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