Defn: The calico bass.
LAMPOON Lam*poon", n. Etym: [F. lampon a drinking song, fr. lampons let us drink, — the burden of such a song, fr. lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to E. lap to drink. Prob. so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.]
Defn: A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress. Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. Dryden.
LAMPOON
Lam*poon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lampooned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lampooning.]
Defn: To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. Ribald poets had lampooned him. Macaulay.
Syn.
— To libel; defame; satirize; lash.
LAMPOONER
Lam*poon"er, n.
Defn: The writer of a lampoon. "Libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers." Tatler.
LAMPOONRY
Lam*poon"ry, n.
Defn: The act of lampooning; a lampoon, or lampoons.