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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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
He’s been seen spoofing the Kardashians, trying out the handsome face filter and enjoying dinner with the fam in Frankie’s funny videos.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Catherine Santino, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Liveness detection verifies that a biometric sample, such as a face scan or voice clip, is from a real person, not a spoof.
—Mohamed Lazzouni, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The Comedy Central series has released a preview for its next episode, indicating the show will spoof Trump's law enforcement crackdown in Washington, D.C.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025
He’s been seen spoofing the Kardashians, trying out the handsome face filter and enjoying dinner with the fam in Frankie’s funny videos.
—Emy Lacroix, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
The maneuver is a spoof on Hailey's viral phone case from her beauty line, rhode.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Liveness detection verifies that a biometric sample, such as a face scan or voice clip, is from a real person, not a spoof.
—Mohamed Lazzouni, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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