an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff:
The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
Also, sendup.
Origin
1955-60; noun use of verb phrase send up, in sense “to parody”; compare earlier Brit. academic usage “to mock, scoff at”
Examples from the web for send-up
Soccer's serious but shouldn't be immune to send-up, either.
British Dictionary definitions for send-up
send up
verb (transitive, adverb)
1.
(slang) to send to prison
2.
(Brit, informal) to make fun of, esp by doing an imitation or parody of: he sent up the teacher marvellously
noun
3.
(Brit, informal) a parody or imitation
Word Origin and History for send-up
n.
"a spoof," British slang, 1958, from verbal phrase send up "to mock, make fun of" (1931), from send (v.) + up (adv.), perhaps a transferred sense of the public school term for "to send a boy to the headmaster" (usually for punishment), which is attested from 1821.
Slang definitions & phrases for send-up
send-up
noun
A mocking, teasing parody; lampoon; spoof: just another stupid soap send-up/ a relentless send-up of attitudes and gestures(1958+ fr British)