A SEND-UP

Meaning of A SEND-UP in English

a mockery or satire

The speaker did a send-up of the way Canadians talk.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

A SEND-UP — a mockery or satire, a takeoff on The speaker did a send-up of the the way Canadians talk.
English Idioms vocab
UP — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a band strikes up (= starts playing ) ▪ We were on the dance …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEND — I. ˈsend verb ( sent ˈsent ; sent ; sending ; sends ) Etymology: Middle English senden, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UP — /up/ , adv., prep., adj., n., v., upped, upping . adv. 1. to, toward, or in a more elevated position: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEND — send 1 — sendable , adj. /send/ , v. , sent, sending . v.t. 1. to cause, permit, or enable …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEND — I. ˈsend verb ( sent ˈsent ; send·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sendan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
SEND — noun the impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily. 2. send ·vi to dispatch an agent …
Webster English vocab
SEND — [send] vb sent ; send.ing [ME, fr. OE sendan; akin to OHG sendan to send, OE sith road, journey, OIr …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEND — send, Send BrE AmE send ▷ sending ˈsend ɪŋ ▷ sends sendz ▷ sent sent
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEND — / send; NAmE / verb ( sent , sent / sent; NAmE /) BY MAIL / RADIO 1. send sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEND — send S1 W1 /send/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle sent /sent/) [ Language: Old English ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEND — v. (past and past part. sent) 1 tr. a order or cause to go or be conveyed (send a message …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEND — v. (past and past part. sent) 1 tr. a order or cause to go or be conveyed (send a message …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEND — v. (past and past part. sent) 1. tr. a order or cause to go or be conveyed (send a message …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEND — ( sends, sending, sent) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEND — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be sent for trial ( also be committed for trial British English ) ▪ Smith's …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEND — Synonyms and related words : address, address to, advance, air-express, airfreight, airmail, allocate, ask for, assign, be poised, beam, becharm, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEND — verb Send is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ transmitter Send is used with these nouns as the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
SEND — INDEX: 1. to send a letter, message, parcel etc 2. to send something to someone after it has come to …
Longman Activator English vocab
SEND — v. 25B6; verb they sent a message to HQ : DISPATCH, post, mail, address, consign, direct, forward; transmit, convey, communicate; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEND — v. 1 Sometimes, send off. dispatch or despatch, commission, charge, depute, delegate, assign The pope sent an emissary to London …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SEND — verb 1 BAD : Could you send me to the airport on Saturday? GOOD : Could you take me to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SEND — гл. 1) а) посылать, отправлять; отсылать, направлять I sent her send a letter (via E-mail) ≈ я послала ей (по …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SEND — send.ogg send v (sent) 1. 1> посылать, присылать, отправлять, отсылать to send help aid, relief - посылать /присылать/ помощь поддержку, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SEND — 1) досылать 2) заслать 3) засылать 4) наслать 5) отправлять 6) передавать 7) посылать • send address to — засылать адрес в send airplane around — отправлять самолет на …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SEND — v (sent) 1. 1> посылать, присылать, отправлять, отсылать to send help aid, relief - посылать /присылать/ помощь поддержку, пополнение to …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. нареч. 1) а) вверх по, по направлению к; из глубины на поверхность б) мор. вверх по течению; против ( …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SEND — гл. ; прош. вр. , прич. прош. вр. - sent 1) а) посылать, отправлять; отсылать, направлять I sent her a …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
UP — 1. нареч. 1) а) вверх по, по направлению к; из глубины на поверхность б) мор. вверх по течению; против (течения, ветра и т. …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SEND — гл.; прош. вр., прич. прош. вр. - sent 1) а) посылать, отправлять; отсылать, направлять I sent her a letter (via E-mail) — я …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
UP — 1. _adv. 1> указывает на нахождение наверху или на более высокое положение; наверху; выше; high up in the air - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SEND — _v. 1> посылать, отправлять; отсылать; to send a letter airmail - послать письмо авиапочтой; she sent the children into the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
UP — 1. adv. 1. указывает на нахождение наверху или на более высокое положение; наверху; выше; high up in the air - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SEND — v. 1. посылать, отправлять; отсылать; to send a letter airmail - послать письмо авиапочтой; she sent the children into the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SEND — гл. посылать, отправлять - send prices down - send prices up
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
SEND — _v. (sent) 1> посылать, отправлять; отсылать; to send a letter airmail послать письмо авиапочтой; she sent the children into the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SEND — посылать; отправлять; направлять to send back a case — вернуть дело (в нижестоящую инстанцию); to send down a bill — направить законопроект …
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SEND — гл. 1) а) посылать, отправлять; отсылать, направлять I sent her send a letter (via E-mail) ≈ я послала ей (по …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
YOUR — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a crick in your back/neck ▪ He was getting a crick in his neck from …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAKE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ceremony takes place ▪ The ceremony took place on 13th June at 2:30. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
S — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ an abandoned bird's nest a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ON — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bomb falls on sth ▪ A bomb fell on the cathedral during the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IT — I. pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES and you know it ▪ ‘That’s not what I mean, and you know it …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GO — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bill goes through parliament (= it goes through the process of being made …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GET — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a situation worsens/deteriorates/gets worse ▪ Reports from the area suggest the situation has worsened. be …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DO — I. auxiliary verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a done deal informal (= something that has been completely agreed ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITH — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a break with the past (= when something is done in a completely different way …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TIME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brief period/time ▪ He lived there all his life, apart from a brief …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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