Synonym: charade, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty. Similar words: grotesque, curled, kafkaesque, picturesque, montesquieu, burly, fearless, odorless. Meaning: [bɜː'lesk] 
n. 1. a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) 2. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way. v. make a parody of. adj. relating to or characteristic of a burlesque.
n. 1. a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) 2. a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way. v. make a parody of. adj. relating to or characteristic of a burlesque. 
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1. Our comic play was a burlesque of a Shakespearean tragedy.
2. The book read like a black comic burlesque.
3. The play was criticized for its burlesque treatment of serious issues.
4. He shouldn't burlesque the elder.
5. The Hollywood was one of the last pure burlesque theaters anywhere.
6. In typical Almodovar burlesque, Marina has become a star of pornographic and B-movies.
7. Though his banner read burlesque, he occasionally dabbled in slightly more legitimate vaudeville fare.
8. Ohio Street with its burlesque houses is out of the question.
9. a burlesque of literary life.
10. He's the headliner of a gay burlesque show.
11. He just is a second banana in that burlesque.
12. A performance, as in a burlesque act, in which a person slowly removes clothing, usually to musical accompaniment.
13. In 2002 I began performing in burlesque and cabaret shows, both solo and with groups.
14. As a local burlesque troupe entertained the crowd by staging a mock pillow fight, they were shocked when women from the audience came forward looking to join the battle.
15. Burlesque narrative of what happened when - one morning out of the blue - I lay an egg.
16. By taking bribes the judge made a burlesque of his high office.
17. The burlesque element weakens the serious portions of the book.
18. These magazines were the most pitiful burlesque stuff that yon could imagine.
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19. Born in Nashville, Cheatham began his career as a burlesque performer.
20. He was made inflated, musclebound and awkward by the shirt, a burlesque act.
21. A forward thrust of the pelvis, as in a burlesque striptease.
22. While in town, they took advantage of some of the local entertainment, including Holly Madison's burlesque revue Peepshow.
23. I think most of his poems are pieces of burlesque.
24. Tell young son: " You see mom and your dad burlesque. "
25. Crudely or irregularly fashioned verse , often of a humorous or burlesque nature.
More similar words: grotesque, curled, kafkaesque, picturesque, montesquieu, burly, fearless, odorless, peerless, humorless, powerless, colorless, more or less, pearlescent, furl, purl, curl, hurl, snarled, gnarled, churl, surly, curly, hourly, curl up, harlequin, furlong, purloin, curling, furlough.