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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EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Learn more about how to spot and avoid spoofing at fcc.gov/spoofing.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2024
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Adams doesn’t have a ton to do in Adam McKay’s hit-or-miss NASCAR spoof, other than one key scene where her long, silky mane and sensual speechifying convince superstar Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) to get behind the wheel again.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Mikey Day gets to spoof Lin-Manuel Miranda’s rap style; Mescal goes full 8 Mile.
—EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Learn more about how to spot and avoid spoofing at fcc.gov/spoofing.
—Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
Viewers resistant to a landslide of scatological humor, however, may find the laughs pretty slim in this overlong, uninspired monster spoof.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Adams doesn’t have a ton to do in Adam McKay’s hit-or-miss NASCAR spoof, other than one key scene where her long, silky mane and sensual speechifying convince superstar Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) to get behind the wheel again.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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