Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
lampoon .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word lampooned.
Examples
-
His replacement at the Call lampooned Twain in the newspaper—so much for professional courtesy—as a melancholy-looking Arab, known as Marque Twein.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
-
His replacement at the Call lampooned Twain in the newspaper—so much for professional courtesy—as a melancholy-looking Arab, known as Marque Twein.
LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010
-
Here is a look at two toy mailboxes my daughter has been playing with even though neither is intended for her age and I kind of lampooned the whole idea of buying a toy mailbox in an earlier post. *cough* Was that me?
-
Peter Coleman-Wright, making his role debut with the Royal Opera as the lampooned Beckmesser, attempts similar understatement.
Review: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at Royal Opera House 2012
-
Who knew that the send-up documentary "This Is Spinal Tap" not only lampooned the business of rock and roll but illustrated deep philosophical conundrums?
Hear It, Feel It Eric Felten 2010
-
And they were always lampooned regularly in the press as idiots, as garbage.
-
And they were always lampooned regularly in the press as idiots, as garbage.
-
The fun started last week when, as the New York Times put it, "pranksters" lampooned Chevron's ad campaign.
Rebecca Tarbotton: Does Chevron Think We're All Stupid? Rebecca Tarbotton 2010
-
Speaking in his first Sunday news-show appearance in nearly two years, Mr. Romney jabbed at Mr. Gingrich as an "unreliable" conservative and lampooned some of the former House speaker's more novel ideas.
Rivals Diverge on Late Tactics in Iowa Neil King Jr. 2011
-
Blood, Sweat & Teeshirt/Takeaways, or documentaries showing what single parenthood is about, are both admired and lampooned.
Will Danny Cohen have youth on his side at BBC1? Maggie Brown 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.