parody Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
    pasquinade; mockery; takeoff; lampoon; travesty; sendup; put-on; spoof; charade; burlesque.
  2. noun humorous or satirical mimicry
    mockery; takeoff.
  3. verb make a spoof of or make fun of
  4. verb make a parody of
    burlesque; spoof.
    • The students spoofed the teachers

WordNet

Par"o*dy noun
Etymology
L. parodia, Gr. beside + a song: cf. F. parodie. See Para-, and Ode.
Wordforms
plural Parodies
Definitions
  1. A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
    The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's "Hind and Panther" was received with great applause. Macaulay.
  2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. Obs.
Par"o*dy transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. parodier.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Parodied ; present participle & verbal noun Parodying
Definitions
  1. To write a parody upon; to burlesque.
    I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace. Pope.

Webster 1913