send up

send up

verb

Definition of SEND UP

to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of <the sitcom sends up the “trials and tribulations” of the rich and famous>

Synonyms burlesque, caricature, do, imitate, mock, parody, send up, spoof, travesty

Related Words lampoon, pasquinade, satirize; deride, gibe (or jibe), ridicule; ape, copycat, monkey, parrot; duplicate, emulate, replicate, reproduce; act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pretend, sham, simulate; elaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, play up, stretch; amplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out), overdraw, overstate, put on; mime, pantomime; impersonate, perform, personate, play