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UK
/bɜːlˈɛsk/
]
[ US /bɝˈɫɛsk/ ]
[ US /bɝˈɫɛsk/ ]
NOUN
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
VERB
-
make a parody of
The students spoofed the teachers
ADJECTIVE
-
relating to or characteristic of a burlesque
burlesque theater
How To Use burlesque In A Sentence
- I think bringing comedy back into a burlesque environment is a nice touch.
- The work, epic in its tendencies, belongs to the category of burlesque compositions in macaronic verse (that is in a jargon, made up of Latin words mingled with Italian words, given a Latin aspect), which had already been inaugurated by Tifi Odasi in his "Macaronea", and which, in a measure, marks a continuance of the goliardic traditions of the Middle Ages. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
- The roster of tattooed, pierced misfits and post-punk gals has become a phenomenon with a recent burlesque revue touring North America.
- I was truly a burlesquer a time when it was becoming much more about anatomy, and very little about burlesque.
- There were lots of thrusts and gyrations in the class, which makes sense, since they're burlesquers, but I just don't have the coordination, sadly, to shimmy and walk backward at the same time.
- His own farces and burlesques have faded into obscurity, but this contributor to the ‘gaiety of nations' lies buried in Westminster abbey.
- Being a great burlesque performer is about showing your body in the most beautiful way - and ballet teaches you that. Times, Sunday Times
- In the first - the Orwellian - culture becomes a prison, whereas in the second - - the Huxleyan - culture becomes a burlesque.
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- Our comic play was a burlesque of a Shakespearean tragedy.