How to pronounce send-up
American English pronunciation
SEND-up
- IPA
- /ˈsɛndˌʌp/
- Syllables
- SEND · up (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What send-up means
A playful copy of a show or story that pokes fun at it
In a sentence: The class play was a send-up of a famous fairy tale, with a grumpy princess and a lazy dragon.
Where it comes from: It comes from the phrase send up, which means to make fun of someone or something by copying them.
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