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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Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Three days after Hudson stepped in from off-camera to shut down questions about their relationship during an April 27 interview with Belichick for CBS Sunday Morning, Mulaney enlisted Everybody's Live collaborator Richard Kind to spoof the moment.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 1 May 2025
Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Of course, everybody loves a good spoof of actorly vanity.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025
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Verb
And with services capable of spoofing phone numbers or mimicking familiar writing styles, a message that sounds legitimate often is enough to prompt dangerous action—especially from a mobile device, mid-task, on the go.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Three days after Hudson stepped in from off-camera to shut down questions about their relationship during an April 27 interview with Belichick for CBS Sunday Morning, Mulaney enlisted Everybody's Live collaborator Richard Kind to spoof the moment.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 1 May 2025
Noun
The MacGruber writer-director recalled his first meeting with the Top Secret star to discuss his role as the villainous Dieter Von Cunth in the 2010 action spoof.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Of course, everybody loves a good spoof of actorly vanity.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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