as in parody
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect
a singer-comedian who specializes in send-ups of pop hits
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as in to imitate
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
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Recent Examples of send-up
Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Political satire on national television—particularly on NBC’s SNL—continues to shape public discourse, and the latest episode, which lampooned Bondi and Noem, drew attention for its comedic send-up of recent Senate testimony and the ongoing government shutdown.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Erin Somers, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
An evacuation order has been lifted near the Broomfield-Boulder county line after a wildfire there burned 35 acres and sent up smoke plumes that were blown by strong winds.
—Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The names go on and on, a gleeful send-up of what was, at the time of its premiere in 1997, the peak of sophistication.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Political satire on national television—particularly on NBC’s SNL—continues to shape public discourse, and the latest episode, which lampooned Bondi and Noem, drew attention for its comedic send-up of recent Senate testimony and the ongoing government shutdown.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
But it’s set apart from the rest of her work by a long, satirical section sending up gothic fiction and its fans.
—Erin Somers, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
An evacuation order has been lifted near the Broomfield-Boulder county line after a wildfire there burned 35 acres and sent up smoke plumes that were blown by strong winds.
—Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for send-up
Noun
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This whole administration is sort of a parody of, like, a women’s-studies class on masculinity.—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
25 Jan. 2026
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The network quickly moved to censor a transgressive sitcom parody where soon-to-be-Ramones-manager Danny Fields tries to cure a TV repairman’s hemorrhoids by sticking a lightbulb up his ass.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, previously said in a statement that accounts imitating other people go against their terms of service and are removed when flagged.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
26 Jan. 2026
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These fake sites are made to imitate genuine Google support pages.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The father-son duo recently filmed Spaceballs 2, the follow-up to the 1987 Star Wars spoof from comedy legend Mel Brooks and starring Bill.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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Trcka expanded her career into films and television beginning with the horror spoof Scary Movie, which hit theaters in 2000.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Jan. 2026
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These trees, this graveyard, her walk among them mocked that memory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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The president also shared clips of the video on his Truth Social handle, along with posts mocking and attacking Pretti.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Ellis wrote American Psycho as a satire of excess, a grotesque exaggeration of Reagan era moral vacancy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Off-Broadway theatergoers were served a true gift this season with two adaptations of Molière’s 17th century scandalous satire.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And in middle and high schools, teachers are assigning more excerpts and shorter texts, in so doing crowding out whole books and resulting in less overall reading.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Key to the truce continuing to hold is the disarming of Hamas, something that the militant group that has controlled the Palestinian territory since 2007 has refused to do, despite Israel seeing it as nonnegotiable.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Send-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/send-up. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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