send-up

Or send·up

[send-uhp]

noun

1. an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff.

   The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.

send up

verb

1. slang,  to send to prison

2. informal,  to make fun of, esp by doing an imitation or parody of

   he sent up the teacher marvellously

noun

1. informal,  a parody or imitation

Word History and Origins

Origin of send up¹

First recorded in 1955–60; noun use of verb phrase send up, in sense “to parody”; compare earlier Brit. academic usage “to mock, scoff at”

Idioms and Phrases

Put in prison, as in He'll be sent up for at least ten years . [Mid-1800s]

Cause to rise, as in The emissions sent up by that factory are clearly poisonous . [Late 1500s]

Satirize, make a parody of, as in This playwright has a genius for sending up suburban life . [First half of 1900s]

send up a trial balloon . See trial balloon .

Example Sentences

On the comedy side, the most honors went to the Apple TV+ Hollywood send-up “The Studio,” with four wins during the telecast, including outstanding comedy series.

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A camp send-up of old-school issue-of-the-week TV movies?

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A perfectly executed send-up of the loud, hyper, over-the-top TV ads that have driven generations of kiddos to beg their parents to purchase hunks of plastic shaped like muscular heroes and ferocious monsters.

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Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach’s script is variously a romantic comedy, a send-up of fine dining and a lens into abusive relationships.

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But the funny kicked up a notch when Adam Driver in a hot dog costume and Maya Rudolph as a needle of heroin launched into a send-up of “Fame.”

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