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
Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Expect a campy, send-up of beloved holiday TV specials.
—Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024
Mike Winters, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
The Pacific Palisades fire started around 10:30 a.m. and quickly consumed about 4.6 square miles (11.6 square kilometers) and sent up a dramatic plume of smoke visible across Los Angeles.
—Jaimie Ding, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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Noun
As usual, Dante mixes mockery with celebration, and the film evolves from a horror movie into a freewheeling send-up of both the holidays and the Hollywood movies that celebrate them.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Expect a campy, send-up of beloved holiday TV specials.
—Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2024
Verb
The Internal Revenue Service is sending up to $1,400 to around 1 million tax filers who qualified for Covid-19 stimulus checks in 2021, but didn’t claim them.
—Mike Winters, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
The Pacific Palisades fire started around 10:30 a.m. and quickly consumed about 4.6 square miles (11.6 square kilometers) and sent up a dramatic plume of smoke visible across Los Angeles.
—Jaimie Ding, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for send-up
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By combining the monikers of two government agencies, the FBI: CIA title may inspire some sendups in the vein of Adult Swim’s crime procedural parody NTSF:SD:SUV::.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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Could one match the popularity of the parody of the Brooks & Dunn song?—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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But in non-biotech emerging industries, many billion-dollar entrepreneurs imitated the product but improved on the strategy.—
Dileep Rao,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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This Is Us star Milo Ventimiglia visits remains of his home lost in L.A. fire: 'Life imitating art' Garner indicated that her residence is still standing but that countless friends have lost their houses over the past week.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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For Sony Repertory — studio executive Jeff Blake, who had hired him at Paramount, brought him there — Schlesinger was a vp who oversaw a 70mm restoration of Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the release of the B-movie spoof The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (1981).—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Jan. 2025
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Neumayer detected the spoof by checking the headers and IDing the tool used.—
Ashley Belanger,
Ars Technica,
27 Dec. 2024
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Shelton specifically referenced the incident where Tony Jones of Channel 9 mocked Novak Djokovic and his fans on air, causing Djokovic to skip a post-match interview with Jim Courier.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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They were also nominated for worst screen combo, another blow for the movie that Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser ruthlessly mocked in her monologue earlier this month.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Not brilliant or ambitious in its satire, but solid.—
Andy Hoglund,
EW.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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In between his many obligations, Wood Jr. caught up with TIME to discuss his time in the food service industry, the impact of President Trump’s victory on satire, and whether the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was a tougher room than the Apollo Theater.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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So what exactly has Trump and his administration done around immigration?—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Some say that more and more match-goers have taken to spending the hours before games at the stadium and doing their drinking there, rather than in pubs.—
Hannah Ryan,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Send-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/send-up. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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