9
cartoon(noun, mock, impression, picture, ridicule)
9
comedy(noun, performance, play, impression, humor)
9
send up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, scorn, twist)
8
copy(noun, verb, twist, assume, mock)
8
deride(verb, scorn, twist, condemn, insult)
8
imitate(verb, scorn, twist, copy, assume)
8
imitation(noun, trick, deception, impression, sham)
8
mime(noun, verb, act, play, do)
8
taunt(noun, verb, scorn, condemn, insult)
7
charade(noun, deception, sham, fraud, absurdity)
7
exaggeration(noun, sham, exaggeration, parody, misrepresentation)
7
satirical(adjective, keen, sharp, critical, caustic)
7
vaudeville(noun, show, fun, humor, entertainment)
6
act(noun, verb, performance, show, play)
6
distortion(noun, sham, picture, exaggeration, drawing)
6
joke(noun, verb, twist, fun, sham)
6
pantomime(noun, verb, copy, mock, represent)
6
put-on(noun, scorn, trick, deception, humor)
6
roast(noun, verb, mark, scorn, twist)
6
sendup(noun, sport, impression, imitation, parody)
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