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plural of spoof
as in parodies
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect many viewers thought that the spoof of a television newscast was the real thing

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verb

present tense third-person singular of spoof
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Recent Examples of spoofs
Noun
Indeed, Altman, by virtue of the sheer number of spoofs, appears to have joined the pantheon of comic figures alongside South Park’s Eric Cartman and Family Guy’s Peter Griffin. Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025 Lead Stories is a media organization that specializes in fact-checking and online spoofs. James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 Today, Neeson is doing action spoofs (thank God), and even the John Wick series has run its course. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
Screamboat, a horror movie that spoofs the character, debuted earlier this year. Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoofs
Noun
  • The moment — delivered by Steinfeld’s character Mary on a humid New Orleans train platform — was clipped, memed and replayed across TikTok, igniting think pieces and parodies alike.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Free speech covers the jokes, the satire, the parodies—even the dumb, crass, or offensive ones.
    Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The exchange mocks our urge to impose order on the messiness of narrative.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Elon Musk wades back into UK politics, backs leader of new right-wing party, mocks rival.
    , FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Seeing empty floor tricks the brain into thinking there is more space than there is.
    Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • In one common attack, known as GPS spoofing, hackers transmit false location data that tricks a drone into flying off course.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Kim Kardashian's case, art imitates life.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • For ultraminimalists, this simple coverlet from Parachute imitates the look of a quilt without the fill, delivers on the work of a good throw blanket, and makes for a perfect year-round bed linen on account of its weight.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The fragmentary Ni 12501 tablet from the Early Dynastic III period of Mesopotamia breaks off when Fox deceives the inhabitants of the netherworld in his quest to retrieve the storm god Ishkur.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

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