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
These sprints force the AI to handle cold tires, oil slicks, unpredictable obstacles, and spoofed sensor readings.—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025 Recent episodes have also spoofed Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FCC chair Brendan Carr and more.—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
Although, Kimmel acknowledged, Washington technically could have picked either Guillermo, as his sidekick also starred alongside Washington in a series of Scandal spoofs called Escandalo that were featured on the late-night show back in 2014.—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Nov. 2025 The film is a spoof on the franchise Downton Abbey and Laird stars opposite Thomasin McKenzie, Damian Lewis and Katherine Waterson.—Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 6 Nov. 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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