"send-up" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛndˌʌp/ Audio: en-au-send-up.ogg [Australia] Forms: send-ups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from send up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|send up}} Deverbal from send up Head templates: {{en-noun}} send-up (plural send-ups)
  1. A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre. Categories (topical): Comedy Synonyms: sendup Translations (satirical imitation): պարոդիա (parodia) (Armenian), ծաղրերգություն (caġrergutʿyun) (Armenian), пародия (parodija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), карикатура (karikatura) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 戏仿 (xìfǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 戲仿 (Chinese Mandarin), parodie [feminine] (Dutch), persiflage [feminine] (Dutch), parodia (Finnish), parodie [feminine] (French), Parodie [feminine] (German), 조롱 (jorong) (Korean), paródia [feminine] (Portuguese), паро́дия (paródija) [feminine] (Russian), parodia [feminine] (Spanish), parodi [common-gender] (Swedish), drift [common-gender] (Swedish)

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