D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Caricature

/kĕr'-ək-əch-ẽr/ · Car·i·ca·ture · IPA /ˈkɛɹɪkət͡ʃʊɚ/
01 n. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.
  1. 1.
    An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.
  2. 2.
    A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.
    “The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature.” I. Taylor.
    “A grotesque caricature of virtue.” Macaulay.
02 v. t. To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.
imp. & p. p. Caricatured; p. pr. & vb. n. Caricaturing
  1. 1.
    To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.
    “He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand.” — Lord Lyttelton.