spoofed; spoofing; spoofs
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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Esther Kang, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Fraudsters use caller ID spoofing to make their fake calls seem legitimate.
—PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025
Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
The sketch, another edition of The Lawrence Welk Show spoofs that first debuted during a 2008 episode, kicked off with Fred Armisen back as Welk.
—Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Fans went wild when the two shared a kiss in a sketch that spoofed Disney's Aladdin.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Fraudsters use caller ID spoofing to make their fake calls seem legitimate.
—PCMAG, 15 Feb. 2025
Noun
While many dismiss this sort of movie fare, and many others brushed off a later-career showing from the Wayans, those who respect the parody’s never-taking-itself-too-seriously nature will find that Marlon Wayans still knew how to make a hilarious spoof into the 2010s and beyond.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
The sketch, another edition of The Lawrence Welk Show spoofs that first debuted during a 2008 episode, kicked off with Fred Armisen back as Welk.
—Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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