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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]
2: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage [syn: fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on]
3: a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement [syn: antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1621 pretended, assumed II. noun Date: circa 1927 1. an instance of putting someone on <conversational put-ons are related to old-fashioned joshing — Jacob Brackman> 2. parody, spoof <a kind of put-on of every pretentious film ever made — C. A. Ridley>