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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
send-up
noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ His most famous movie is a hilarious send-up of life in ancient Rome.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And some of us decided to do a send-up of Iron Arrow.
▪ In fact it was a relatively innocent send-up.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
send-up

"a spoof," British slang, 1958, from verbal phrase send up "to mock, make fun of" (1931), from send (v.) + up (adv.), perhaps a transferred sense of the public school term for "to send a boy to the headmaster" (usually for punishment), which is attested from 1821.

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send-up

alt. A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre. n. A satirical imitation of a work of art or a genre.

Usage examples of "send-up".

Shackleton, wrote some witty send-ups of various aspects of science fiction.