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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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
Ariana Grande spoofed Mariah Carey‘s holiday classic during her opening monologue on Saturday Night Live.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2025
Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Trcka expanded her career into films and television beginning with the horror spoof Scary Movie, which hit theaters in 2000.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Jan. 2026
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Verb
This helps prevent criminals from hijacking phone numbers or spoofing calls and texts.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
Ariana Grande spoofed Mariah Carey‘s holiday classic during her opening monologue on Saturday Night Live.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2025
Noun
The father-son duo recently filmed Spaceballs 2, the follow-up to the 1987 Star Wars spoof from comedy legend Mel Brooks and starring Bill.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Trcka expanded her career into films and television beginning with the horror spoof Scary Movie, which hit theaters in 2000.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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