noun
- any broadly comic or satirical imitation, as of a writing, play, etc.; derisive caricature; parody
- ☆ a sort of vaudeville characterized by low comedy, striptease acts, etc.
Origin:
Fr < It burlesco < burla, a jest, mockery
transitive verb, intransitive verb burlesqued, burlesquing
to imitate derisively or comically; parody