spoof

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verb

spoofed; spoofing; spoofs

transitive verb

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: to make good-natured fun of

spoof

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noun

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: a light humorous parody
spoofery noun
spoofy adjective

Examples of spoof in a Sentence

Verb spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter Noun many viewers thought that the spoof of a television newscast was the real thing
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Verb
Colbert spoofed The Office within the clip, wondering if his outtie could be Steve Carrell. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025 Similar tools are already used to spoof voices based on only seconds of recorded audio. Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
But watching it in 2025, everything about this spoof is strikingly timely. The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 The 10 minutes that follow each three-minute hypnosis spoof are the same across all three versions. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spoof 

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Spoof, a hoaxing game invented by Arthur Roberts †1933 English comedian

First Known Use

Verb

1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of spoof was in 1889

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Cite this Entry

“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

spoof

verb
ˈspüf
: to make good-natured fun of
spoof noun

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