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| lam·poon [ lam pn ] |
noun (plural lam·poons) |
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satirical attack in writing or verse: a piece of satirical writing or verse ridiculing somebody or something
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transitive verb (past and past participle lam·pooned, present participle lam·poon·ing, 3rd person present singular lam·poons) |
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satirize somebody or something with ridicule: to use ridicule as a way of satirizing somebody or something in a piece of writing
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| [Mid-17th century. < French lampon] |
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 lam·poon·er noun |
 lam·poon·er·y noun |
 lam·poon·ist noun |
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