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
Twice now, the Mamdani campaign has rolled out television spots aimed at co-opting and spoofing huge entertainment industry franchises — ABC’s The Bachelor and CBS’ Survivor.—Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025 One common tactic is account spoofing.—Marin Independent Journal, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
Damian Lewis, Ben Radcliffe, Thomasin McKenzie, and Tom Felton star in the upcoming spoof of British period dramas.—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025 Malin Akerman paid homage to her hilarious wig in Hunting Wives during a Halloween spoof for Sonic.—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 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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