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
And with services capable of spoofing phone numbers or mimicking familiar writing styles, a message that sounds legitimate often is enough to prompt dangerous action—especially from a mobile device, mid-task, on the go.—Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 Three days after Hudson stepped in from off-camera to shut down questions about their relationship during an April 27 interview with Belichick for CBS Sunday Morning, Mulaney enlisted Everybody's Live collaborator Richard Kind to spoof the moment.—Michael Nied, People.com, 1 May 2025
Noun
Most now proactively educate their customers on how to spot a scam, which personal information to never give out and what to do with a spoof email.—Lauren Crystal, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 On the schedule is shooting an AMP spoof of Storage Wars, as well as AMP Jeopardy.—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 8 May 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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