spoof

🇺🇸 /spuːf/ 🇬🇧 /spuːf/
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noun
R

a funny imitation of a movie, TV show, etc. that makes its main features seem silly

We watched a comedy that was a spoof of horror movies.

verb
R

to make a funny imitation of a movie, TV show, etc. that makes its main features seem silly

The show likes to spoof famous politicians.

R

to send an email pretending to be someone else

I got an email that looked like it was from you, but someone must have spoofed it.

translation

n. a funny imitation of a movie, TV show, etc. that makes its main features seem silly
v. to make a funny imitation of a movie, TV show, etc. that makes its main features seem silly; to send an email pretending to be someone else

Word Forms

3rd Present spoofs
Past spoofed
Perfect spoofed
Progressive spoofing
Plural spoofs

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