Definitions for burlesque

burlesque bur·lesque

Spelling: [ber-lesk]
IPA: /bərˈlɛsk/

Burlesque is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 177 anagrams from letters in burlesque (beelqrsuu).

Definitions for burlesque

noun

  1. an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.
  2. any ludicrous parody or grotesque caricature.
  3. Also, burlesk. a humorous and provocative stage show featuring slapstick humor, comic skits, bawdy songs, striptease acts, and a scantily clad female chorus.

adjective

  1. involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject.
  2. of, relating to, or like stage-show burlesque.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make ridiculous by mocking representation.

verb (used without object)

  1. to use caricature.

Origin of burlesque

1650-60; French Italian burlesco, equivalent to burl(a) jest (perhaps Spanish; cf. burladero) + -esco -esque

Examples for burlesque

Here, another writer says the burlesque model has got it right.

Boylexe is a spin-off of a show about women in burlesque called Burlexe, which likewise mixes striptease, monologue, and song.

It might be called a burlesque, but for the fact that it is unaccompanied by the luxury of legs.

burlesque, farce and extravagance of situation and dialogue.

Nailed several anti-saloon and burlesque planks in his platform.

“The nature of the burlesque scene in London is as diverse as burlesque itself,” said Howard Wilmot, creator of Boylexe/Burlexe.

Deem not this collocation simply a burlesque on Scientific categories.

burlesque of character and calling puts in an occasional appearance.

burlesque artists are often in it for the costumes, spending what they earn on fabric, feathers, and crystals.

He soon employs his new houseguest as a dancer in his burlesque theater and eventually pimps her out to select clients.

Word Value for burlesque
Scrable

20

Words with friends

24

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