/
bəːˈlɛsk/
n.
  - a comically exaggerated imitation, especially in a literary or dramatic work; a parody.
 - N. Amer. a variety show, typically including striptease.
 
v.
 (burlesques, burlesquing, burlesqued)
 parody or imitate in a comically exaggerated way.
Derivative
Etymology
C17: from Fr., from Ital. burlesco, from burla ‘mockery’.