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
Recent Examples on the Web
Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 8 July 2025
Epstein was the subject of Saturday Night Live sketch in November that spoofed his name.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2025
The actress hosted a cookout with Bounty on June 25 in Los Angeles, and there, and shared her barbecue essentials and favorite scene from the spoof with PEOPLE.
Hall, 54, has positive memories of working with Keenan Ivory Wayans for the first time on the set of the 2000 classic.
—Angelina Liu, People.com, 7 July 2025
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Verb
Remember, crooks can spoof caller IDs and plant bogus customer service information online.
—Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 8 July 2025
Epstein was the subject of Saturday Night Live sketch in November that spoofed his name.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 June 2025
Noun
Following the success of 1980 spoof film Airplane!, which made $78 million at the box office ($214 million today) co-directors David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker hoped to make a similar comedy about police officers inspired by the 1950s Lee Marvin drama series M Squad.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2025
The actress hosted a cookout with Bounty on June 25 in Los Angeles, and there, and shared her barbecue essentials and favorite scene from the spoof with PEOPLE.
Hall, 54, has positive memories of working with Keenan Ivory Wayans for the first time on the set of the 2000 classic.
—Angelina Liu, People.com, 7 July 2025
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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