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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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 18 May 2025
Scammers may spoof the phone number of government agencies, foreign embassies, or universities.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Don Riddell, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Appealing to the kids Somehow, the Chargers and Colts ended up with the same approach of a Minecraft theme, and both making a spoof of the Rapoport-Schultz scuffle.
—Schuyler Dixon, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
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Verb
Fins open at Indy, which deleted a schedule-release video spoofing Tyreek Hill’s ‘24 police matter by depicting him as a dolphin being chased by the Coast Guard.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 18 May 2025
Scammers may spoof the phone number of government agencies, foreign embassies, or universities.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Noun
Their spoof of Donald Trump and Joe Biden bickering about who was the better golfer was conceived and recorded while the CNN presidential debate was still ongoing, and released immediately afterward.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
Appealing to the kids Somehow, the Chargers and Colts ended up with the same approach of a Minecraft theme, and both making a spoof of the Rapoport-Schultz scuffle.
—Schuyler Dixon, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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