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lampoons

lampoons is the plural of lampoon.

lampoons is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lampoon.

Meaning of lampoon

Noun

lampoon (plural lampoons)

  1. A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.
    • To say truth, Ma'am, 'tis very vulgar to Print and as my little Productions are mostly Satires and Lampoons I find they circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the Friends of the Parties—1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, I.i

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Questions about lampoons

What is lampoons the plural of?
Lampoons is the plural of lampoon.

Words near lampoons in the dictionary

  1. lampoonings
  2. lampoonish
  3. lampoonist
  4. lampoonists
  5. lampoonry
  6. lampoons
  7. Lamport
  8. Lamport timestamp
  9. Lamport timestamps
  10. lampost
  11. lamposts

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