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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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
Much of the contested Strait of Hormuz is still experiencing GPS jamming and spoofing, with the latter involving false signals that trick GPS receivers into reporting inaccurate positions.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
There would be more scripted and carefully choreographed moments in his TV spots for Calvin Klein jeans and Obsession, collaborations with the writer Doon Arbus (daughter of Diane and Allan Arbus) that took chances (and which, for some viewers, are inseparable from memorable spoofs on SNL).
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
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Verb
The conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated how rapidly drones can become blind, jammed, spoofed, or disconnected.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026
Much of the contested Strait of Hormuz is still experiencing GPS jamming and spoofing, with the latter involving false signals that trick GPS receivers into reporting inaccurate positions.
—Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026
Noun
Prior to his work on Valerie, Storm hopped over to feature films to direct the vampire movie spoof Once Bitten, which starred the then-up-and-coming actor Jim Carrey opposite Lauren Hutton.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
There would be more scripted and carefully choreographed moments in his TV spots for Calvin Klein jeans and Obsession, collaborations with the writer Doon Arbus (daughter of Diane and Allan Arbus) that took chances (and which, for some viewers, are inseparable from memorable spoofs on SNL).
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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