Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.
source: Webster 1913
noun
a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
source: WordNet 3.0
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
