transcription, транскрипция: [ pærədi ]
( parodies, parodying, parodied)
1.
A parody is a humorous piece of writing, drama, or music which imitates the style of a well-known person or represents a familiar situation in an exaggerated way.
‘The Scarlet Capsule’ was a parody of the popular 1959 TV series ‘The Quatermass Experiment’...
N-VAR : oft N of n
2.
When someone parodies a particular work, thing, or person, they imitate it in an amusing or exaggerated way.
...a sketch parodying the views of Jean-Marie Le Pen...
VERB : V n
3.
When you say that something is a parody of a particular thing, you are criticizing it because you think it is a very poor example or bad imitation of that thing.
The first trial was a parody of justice.
= travesty
N-COUNT : usu N of n [ disapproval ]