Definition of burlesque

• a. - Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.
• n. - Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
• n. - An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
• n. - A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
• v. t. - To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
• v. i. - To employ burlesque.
• a. - Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.
• n. - Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
• n. - An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
• n. - A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
• v. t. - To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
• v. i. - To employ burlesque.