n.
 (pl. parodies)
  - an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
 - a travesty:
 a parody of a smile.
 
v.
 (parodies, parodying, parodied)
 produce a parody of.
 
  Derivative
  
    - parodic adj.
  - parodically adv.
  - parodist n.
 
   
  Etymology
  C16: via late L. from Gk parōidia, from para- ‘beside’ (expressing alteration) + ōidē ‘ode’.