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1. A theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humour; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
    
2. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
   - parody, lampoon, spoof [informal], sendup [informal], send-up [informal], mockery, takeoff, travesty, pasquinade, put-on [N. Amer, informal]

1. Relating to or characteristic of a burlesque
   "burlesque theatre"

1. Make a parody of
   - spoof [informal], parody

Derived forms: burlesquing, burlesques, burlesqued

Type of: caricature, imitation, impersonation, mock, show

Encyclopedia: Burlesque