SEND UP meaning: Satirize or parody for humor

We found 17 dictionaries that define the word send up:

General (14 matching dictionaries)

send up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
send-up, send up: Merriam-Webster
send-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
send-up, send-up, send up: Collins English Dictionary
send-up: Wordnik
send-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
send-up, send up: Wiktionary
send-up: Infoplease Dictionary
send-up, send up: Dictionary.com
send-up (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
Send-up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (send up)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To imitate (someone or something) for the purpose of satirical humour.
▸ verb:  (transitive, US, slang) To put in prison.
▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see send, up.

Similar:

take off, spoof, fun up, ham up, iambize, wind up, monkey, get one up on, rip on, mock, more...

Opposite:

bring down, lower, descend, land, ground

Phrases:

send someone up, Send It Up, send up cartoon, more...

Adjectives:

rapt, telltale, mock, coy, put-up, sham, ninja, fob, prank, gammon, aggro

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