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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAMPOON', n. A personal satire in writing; abuse; censure written to reproach and vex rather than to reform.
LAMPOON', v.t. To abuse with personal censure; to reproach in written satire.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on] v
1: ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" [syn: satirize, satirise, lampoon]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: French lampon Date: 1645 satire 1; specifically a harsh satire usually directed against an individual II. transitive verb Date: circa 1657 to make the subject of a lampoon ; ridicule • lampooner noun • lampoonery noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a satirical attack on a person etc. --v.tr. satirize. Derivatives: lampooner n. lampoonery n. lampoonist n. Etymology: F lampon, conjectured to be f. lampons let us drink f. lamper gulp down f. laper LAP(3)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lampoon Lam*poon", n. [F. lampon a drinking song, fr. lampons let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, fr. lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to E. lap to drink. Prob. so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.] A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress. Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lampoon Lam*poon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lampooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Lampooning.] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. Ribald poets had lampooned him. --Macaulay. Syn: To libel; defame; satirize; lash.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(lampoons, lampooning, lampooned) 1. If you lampoon someone or something, you criticize them very strongly, using humorous means. He was lampooned for his short stature and political views. VERB: V n 2. A lampoon is a piece of writing or speech which criticizes someone or something very strongly, using humorous means. ...his scathing lampoons of consumer culture... The style Shelley is using here is that of popular lampoon. N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Pasquinade, satire, squib. II. v. a. Satirize, ridicule, lash.

Moby Thesaurus

Atticism, agile wit, black humor, burlesque, caricature, comedy, dry wit, esprit, farce, hatchet job, hit off on, humor, imitation, irony, malicious parody, mock, mockery, nimble wit, parody, pasquil, pasquin, pasquinade, pastiche, pleasantry, poison pen, pretty wit, put down, quick wit, ready wit, ridicule, run down, salt, sarcasm, satire, satirize, savor of wit, send up, skewer, slapstick, slapstick humor, squib, subtle wit, take off, take off on, take-off, takeoff, travesty, visual humor, wicked imitation, wit