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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Michael P. Dempsey, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
Thirteen years have passed since the last Scary Movie, which means there’s been a decade-plus of horror ripe for spoofing.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Early-aughts nostalgia paid off better than ’80s, as Masters of the Universe’s box-office numbers trailed behind the horror spoof.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 June 2026
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Verb
Anti-satellite measures—including jamming, hacking, dazzling, and spoofing—are now being explored at varying degrees of sophistication by more than a dozen countries including the US, China, Russia, India, Iran, and North Korea.
—Michael P. Dempsey, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
Thirteen years have passed since the last Scary Movie, which means there’s been a decade-plus of horror ripe for spoofing.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Noun
Based on the Apple TV series, the fizzy throwback spoofs Golden Age musicals, and follows an on-the-rocks couple who are trapped in a town where people sing and dance incessantly.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Early-aughts nostalgia paid off better than ’80s, as Masters of the Universe’s box-office numbers trailed behind the horror spoof.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 June 2026
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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