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
Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 22 July 2025
Mulligan got her chance to play the part more than a decade later, when she was cast as Sophie in a 2019 spoof of Mamma Mia!
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 20 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
The Tonight Show host appeared in a Late Show spoof — alongside Seth Meyers, Anderson Cooper, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, and more — poking fun at the circumstances surrounding the franchise’s sudden ending and the viral Coldplay kiss cam couple on Monday.
—Emlyn Travis Published, EW.com, 22 July 2025
Mulligan got her chance to play the part more than a decade later, when she was cast as Sophie in a 2019 spoof of Mamma Mia!
—Nicole Briese, People.com, 20 July 2025
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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