The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - take-offn.

1) flight, flying, taking off, departure, leaving, going; launch, lift-off: The take-off was delayed by bad weather. 2) satire, lampoon, caricature, mockery, parody, travesty, burlesque, imitation, Colloq spoof, Brit send-up: The annual students' entertainment was as usual a take-off of the teachers.