Verbspoofed 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
Digital security tokens can be intercepted, hardware tokens can be stolen, and even biometrics can be spoofed.—Ranjitkumar Sivakumar, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 Jost kicked off the show by touching on the Oval Office confrontation, spoofed by the late-night show’s Cold Open earlier in the night.—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
During the sketch, Kardashian, 44, sang along in the spoof of the Lawrence Welk Show with Fred Armisen as Welk and Will Ferrell as singer and actor Robert Goulet.—Marina Watts, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025 But with that music cue, mixed with slo-motion and the absurdity of the repetition, the spoof morphed into a formalist art film.—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spoof
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Spoof, a hoaxing game invented by Arthur Roberts †1933 English comedian
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