| Burlesque: English to English |
| Burlesque (a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical. |
| Burlesque (n.) A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion. |
| Burlesque (n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything. |
| Burlesque (n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire. |
| Burlesque (v. i.) To employ burlesque. |
| Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language. |