ALL meanings of send up
send up
S s - noun send up an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows. 1
- verb with object send up to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college. 1
- verb with object send up to cause to be conveyed or transmitted to a destination: to send a letter. 1
- verb with object send up to order, direct, compel, or force to go: The president sent troops to Asia. 1
- verb with object send up to direct, propel, or deliver to a particular point, position, condition, or direction: to send a punch to the jaw; The punch sent the fighter reeling. 1
- verb with object send up to emit, discharge, or utter (usually followed by off, out, or through): The lion sent a roar through the jungle. 1
- verb with object send up to cause to occur or befall: The people beseeched Heaven to send peace to their war-torn village. 1
- verb with object send up Electricity. to transmit (a signal). to transmit (an electromagnetic wave or the like) in the form of pulses. 1
- verb with object send up Slang. to delight or excite: Frank Sinatra's records used to send her. 1
- verb without object send up to dispatch a messenger, agent, message, etc. 1
- verb without object send up Electricity. to transmit a signal: The ship's radio sends on a special band of frequencies. 1
- idioms send up send packing, to dismiss curtly; send away in disgrace: The cashier was stealing, so we sent him packing. 1
- idioms send up send round, to circulate or dispatch widely: Word was sent round about his illness. 1
- transitivephrasal verb send up mock, parody 1
- phrasal verb send up If you send someone or something up, you imitate them in an amusing way that makes them appear foolish. 0
- phrasal verb send up If someone who is on trial is sent up, they are found guilty and sent to prison. 0
- countable noun send up A send-up is a piece of writing or acting in which someone or something is imitated in an amusing way that makes them appear foolish. 0
- verb send up to send to prison 0
- verb send up to make fun of, esp by doing an imitation or parody of 0
- noun send up a parody or imitation 0
- noun send up a piece of writing or acting in which someone or something is imitated in an amusing way that makes them appear foolish 0
- noun send up to cause to rise, climb, or go up 0
- noun send up to sentence to prison 0
- noun send up to make seem ridiculous, esp. by parody 0