burlesque
verb
to represent a serious subject in a silly way in order to make people laugh
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noun
a deliberate attempt to make someone feel embarrassed, or make people laugh at them in public
verb
to make someone or something look stupid by laughing at them, copying them, or saying something that is not kind
noun
remarks or behavior intended to make someone seem stupid, for example laughing at them, copying them, or saying something that is not kind
to say things in order to make someone feel embarrassed, usually in a friendly way
noun
remarks or behavior intended to make someone or something seem silly by making fun of them in an unkind way
noun
the activity of saying or writing the opposite of what you mean, or of speaking in a way intended to make someone else feel stupid or show them that you are angry
noun
the practice of making yourself appear silly to show other people that you have a humorous attitude toward yourself
noun
a way of talking or behaving in which you copy the way that someone else talks or behaves in a humorous way
verb
to say something to someone in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying them slightly in either a friendly or an unkind way
adverb
adverb
adjective
verb
to make someone or something seem stupid or useless
to make someone seem stupid
to make jokes about someone or something in an unkind way
to treat something as not very serious
to make unkind jokes about someone or something
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a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken
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