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’.