caricature
verb/ˈkærɪkətʃʊə(r)/
/ˈkærɪkətʃər/, /ˈkærɪkətʃʊr/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they caricature | /ˈkærɪkətʃʊə(r)/ /ˈkærɪkətʃər/, /ˈkærɪkətʃʊr/ |
| he / she / it caricatures | /ˈkærɪkətʃʊəz/ /ˈkærɪkətʃərz/, /ˈkærɪkətʃʊrz/ |
| past simple caricatured | /ˈkærɪkətʃʊəd/ /ˈkærɪkətʃərd/, /ˈkærɪkətʃʊrd/ |
| past participle caricatured | /ˈkærɪkətʃʊəd/ /ˈkærɪkətʃərd/, /ˈkærɪkətʃʊrd/ |
| -ing form caricaturing | /ˈkærɪkətʃʊərɪŋ/ /ˈkærɪkətʃərɪŋ/, /ˈkærɪkətʃʊrɪŋ/ |
- to produce a caricature of somebody; to describe or present somebody as a type of person you would laugh at or not respect
- be caricatured (as something) She was unfairly caricatured as a dumb blonde.
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, from Italian caricatura, from caricare ‘load, exaggerate’, from Latin carricare, carcare ‘to load’, from Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.Definitions on the go
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