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Definition of lampoon verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

lampoon

verb

NAmE//læmˈpun//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they lampoon

he / she / it lampoons

past simple lampooned

-ing form lampooning

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lampoon somebody/something to criticize someone or something publicly in an amusing way that makes them or it look ridiculous synonym satirize His cartoons mercilessly lampooned the politicians of his time.

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