spoofed; spoofing; spoofs
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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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Claire Franken, TVLine, 3 Nov. 2024
Ripa and Consuelos also spoofed the Chimp Crazy Max series.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
One scene that was cut — that, in fact, was never filmed — would have required Spelling to go topless in a spoof of the 1982 horror film The Entity starring Barbara Hershey.
—John Russell, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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Verb
In this week’s episode of the NBC sketch comedy show, host Mulaney spoofs a political ad for a real-life New York Assemblyman with a name that’s hard to believe: Harvey Epstein.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 3 Nov. 2024
Ripa and Consuelos also spoofed the Chimp Crazy Max series.
—Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
Kamala Harris faces off against Donald Trump in Family Feud for SNL cold open: 'Show me dementia!'
Coolidge wasn't the only celeb who got the spoof treatment during Grande’s SNL visit.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
One scene that was cut — that, in fact, was never filmed — would have required Spelling to go topless in a spoof of the 1982 horror film The Entity starring Barbara Hershey.
—John Russell, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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