burlesque
noun
an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.
is burlesquing
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present progressiveof burlesque (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Then there comes a little burst of the author's own feelings, while he is burlesquing.
From Thackeray by Anthony Trollope
