Lampoon Definition
lăm-po͝on
lampooned, lampooning, lampoons
noun
lampoons
A piece of satirical writing, usually attacking or ridiculing someone.
Webster's New World
A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
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verb
lampooned, lampooning, lampoons
To attack or ridicule by means of a lampoon.
Webster's New World
To satirize or poke fun at.
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Other Word Forms of Lampoon
Noun
Singular:
lampoon
Plural:
lampoonsOrigin of Lampoon
French lampon perhaps from lampons let us drink (from a common refrain in drinking songs) first person pl. imperative of lamper to gulp down of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French lampon.
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