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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Lampoon

/lăm-po͞on'/ · Lam·poon · IPA /læmˈpuːn/
01 n. A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.
  1. 1.
    A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.
    “Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    Any satire ridiculing or mocking a person, activity, or institution by representing its character or behavior in an exaggerated or grotesque form; the representation may be written, filmed, or performed as a live skit, and may be intended as a severe reproach, or as good-natured humor.
02 v. t. To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a lampoon.
imp. & p. p. Lampooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Lampooning
  1. 1.
    To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a lampoon.
    “Ribald poets had lampooned him.” — Macaulay.
Syn. To libel; defame; satirize; lash.