1. burlesque - Noun
2. burlesque - Adjective
3. burlesque - Verb
Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.
Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
To employ burlesque.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure. I. F. Stone
I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque. Christina Aguilera
The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that the second part of the film is full of tenderness and emotion. Pedro Almodóvar
Some of the pictures I must say every now and then I just think are going to be funny. When it gets that much, you might as well just pull out all the stops and make it more of a burlesque. Martin Mull
I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part of your body. Even though some of it is slow, it takes a lot of muscle to be able to dip down and come back up. Carmen Electra
The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy. Dawn Powell