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
Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
Yang and Rogers started the Culture Awards in 2022, spinning off the awards show send-up/tribute from their hit podcast, Las Culturistas.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Amazon has sent up 102 satellites through a series of rocket launches since April.
—Annie Palmer,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Over the course of her directing career, Nisha Ganatra has tackled nearly every stripe of comedy, from cute romances to wacky workplaces, mistaken identities to screwball send-ups.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
Yang and Rogers started the Culture Awards in 2022, spinning off the awards show send-up/tribute from their hit podcast, Las Culturistas.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
The investigation eventually revealed that Lauryn's mom, Kendra Licari, was the person who had been sending up to 50 cruel texts a day to her then-13-year-old daughter and her daughter's ex-boyfriend for two years.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Amazon has sent up 102 satellites through a series of rocket launches since April.
—Annie Palmer,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for send-up
Noun
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Filming has now wrapped on the adaptation of Tom Sainsbury’s iHeartRadio NZ true-crime parody podcast of the same name.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2025
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His prediction prompted videos, testimonials and parodies on TikTok.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
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To achieve the characteristic soap-nails effect, the color should be applied in thin layers and have a glossy finish, imitating the transparency and freshness of a wet bar of soap.—
Irene Reyes,
Glamour,
23 Sep. 2025
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Lewis allegedly obtained the spray -- designed to imitate fecal odor -- from an online distributor, according to the sheriff's office.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Alan Dershowitz, the famed attorney who once counted Epstein as a client, submitted a spoof cover of Vanity Fair, tweaked as Vanity Unfair, with fake headlines speculating that Epstein was Jack the Ripper and had financed the terrorist group Al Qaeda.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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Other early influences included a stint assisting Ken Shapiro, director of 1974’s pre-SNL sketch spoof The Groove Tube.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Within hours, some women began posting mocking videos on TikTok.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
24 Sep. 2025
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After the assassination, Morelo said he was disturbed by those who mocked or celebrated the conservative activist's killing.—
Max Bacall , Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Free speech covers the jokes, the satire, the parodies—even the dumb, crass, or offensive ones.—
Lizz Winstead,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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Its themes and political satire definitely feel of the moment, but what’s explosive doesn’t always equate to propulsive.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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What makes addressUSA different AddressUSA does more than guess.—
Mary Beth Eastman,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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The oil and gas outsiders at Venture Global are doing so by upending project design norms, upsetting the Big Oil hierarchy, and dominating the nascent gas export industry.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Send-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/send-up. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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