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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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Madonna played the icon several times throughout the '80s and '90s, and Chloe Fineman spoofed the 2022 Netflix film Blonde with a parody of Monroe.
—Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2025
The movie is a spoof of both 1950s sci-fi B movies and the experience of watching them on late-night TV.
—Meg Pillow
july 31, Literary Hub, 31 July 2025
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Verb
What a year for Mel Brooks, who this time spoofs Westerns, and pretty much all that is holy along the way.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Madonna played the icon several times throughout the '80s and '90s, and Chloe Fineman spoofed the 2022 Netflix film Blonde with a parody of Monroe.
—Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
The spoof came shortly after Perry, 40, and Trudeau, 53, were spotted together on multiple occasions in late July, including dining out in Montreal and walking a dog through Mount Royal Park.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2025
The movie is a spoof of both 1950s sci-fi B movies and the experience of watching them on late-night TV.
—Meg Pillow
july 31, Literary Hub, 31 July 2025
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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