<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.</li><li>Synonyms: farce, lampoon, satire.</li><li>Any ludicrous parody or grotesque caricature.</li><li>Also known as burlesk.</li><li>A humorous and provocative stage show featuring slapstick humor, comic skits, bawdy songs, striptease acts, and a scantily clad female chorus.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject.</li><li>Of, relating to, or like stage-show burlesque.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) to make ridiculous by mocking representation.</li><li>(Used without object) to use caricature.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>