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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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Weitzman co-wrote and stars in the film, which delights in spoofing tired Hollywood storytelling and franchise fatigue, while toggling between jokes that are exceedingly clever and thrillingly dumb.
—William Earl, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
On last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, a QVC spoof about a pillow took a meta turn.
—Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Even worse, self-driving vehicles present safety concerns and other vulnerabilities, such as being hacked or spoofed by malicious agents at home or abroad.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
Weitzman co-wrote and stars in the film, which delights in spoofing tired Hollywood storytelling and franchise fatigue, while toggling between jokes that are exceedingly clever and thrillingly dumb.
—William Earl, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
Malin Akerman paid homage to her hilarious wig in Hunting Wives during a Halloween spoof for Sonic.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
On last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, a QVC spoof about a pillow took a meta turn.
—Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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