send-up

Questions about send-up

What does send-up mean?

send-up means "a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way".

How many syllables are in send-up?

send-up has 2 syllables and divides as sen-d-up under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for send-up?

Close synonyms include parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery. 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 send-up a common word?

send-up is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.