burlesque

1. 1.

   make a parody of

   “The students spoofed the teachers”

   Synonymsspoofparody

   Broadermock

   Narrowertravesty

1. 1.

   relating to or characteristic of a burlesque

   “burlesque theater”

Other forms of burlesque

plural

burlesques·

past tense

burlesqued·

present participle

burlesquing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about burlesque

What does burlesque mean?

burlesque means "a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in burlesque?

burlesque has 2 syllables: burle-sque. The stress falls on "sque". In IPA it is /bɚˈlɛsk/.

What is another word for burlesque?

Close synonyms include parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, send-up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burlesque a common word?

burlesque is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.