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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as in mocks
to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team
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as in tricks
to cause to believe what is untrue
the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter
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Recent Examples of spoofs
Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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
Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
The film spoofs The Shining (1980), The Lost Boys (1987) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) with the blocky LEGO characters.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Screamboat, a horror movie that spoofs the character, debuted earlier this year.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
For instance, think back to when everyone was doing spoofs about titles that dealt with women in trains or in windows or in peril.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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
This sketch essentially spoofs his brand partnerships and bland style.
—Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2025
The film spoofs The Shining (1980), The Lost Boys (1987) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) with the blocky LEGO characters.
—Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Screamboat, a horror movie that spoofs the character, debuted earlier this year.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoofs
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Death, of course, is never permanent in slasher movies, or parodies of slasher movies, for that matter.—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Pop-culture figures like Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolfman are so ubiquitous as to be both movie characters and parodies of themselves, and this DuckTales episode is good for any kids that like monsters but aren’t quite ready to be menaced by them yet.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Cuomo mocks Mamdani’s thin resume, just as Republicans derided Obama’s qualifications.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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In Ringu, Sadako psychically kills a journalist who mocks her mother’s psychic abilities.—
Will Borger,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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Mulching too early traps heat and tricks plant roots to remain active and produce new growth.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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An unexpected, shocking tax bill owed after a scammer tricks you into draining a retirement fund to hand over your money to them.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In Kim Kardashian's case, art imitates life.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
Cite this Entry
“Spoofs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoofs. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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