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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Michael Ruiz , Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
One of the Anthropic ads — a version of which will air on NBC’s Super Bowl LX telecast — spoofs an OpenAI commercial that depicts a young man doing pull-ups in a park and uses ChatGPT to create a workout plan.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
No weapons were found, and police told Fox San Antonio the phone call came from Philadelphia and was later determined to be a spoof.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Investigators determined the text had come through a voice over IP service capable of spoofing phone numbers.
—Michael Ruiz , Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
One of the Anthropic ads — a version of which will air on NBC’s Super Bowl LX telecast — spoofs an OpenAI commercial that depicts a young man doing pull-ups in a park and uses ChatGPT to create a workout plan.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
Guthrie went back to her alma mater The University of Arizona, greeting its president Suresh Garimella in one spoof and meeting sorority sisters at her own Pi Beta Phi in another skit.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
No weapons were found, and police told Fox San Antonio the phone call came from Philadelphia and was later determined to be a spoof.
—Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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