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put-ons
 
Noun put-on has 3 senses
  1. parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on - a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
    --1 is a kind of caricature, imitation, impersonation
  2. fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
    --2 is a kind of trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
    --2 has particulars: goldbrick; Piltdown man, Piltdown hoax
    Derived form: verb put on8
  3. antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on - a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
    --3 is a kind of diversion, recreation
    --3 has particulars: dirty trick; practical joke
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