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noun
1.
a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
2.
a hoax; prank.
verb (used with object)
3.
to mock (something or someone) lightly and good-humoredly; kid.
4.
to fool by a hoax; play a trick on, especially one intended to deceive.
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verb (used without object)
5.
to scoff at something lightly and good-humoredly; kid: The campus paper was always spoofing about the regulations.
Origin:
1885–90; after a game invented and named by Arthur Roberts (1852–1933), British comedian
1885–90; after a game invented and named by Arthur Roberts (1852–1933), British comedian
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Example Sentences
- The spoof uses similar pill packaging, actors and even the same pink chairs, sneakers and yoga mats depicted in the real ad.
- Spoof websites and bogus e-mails proliferate, and a cottage industry offers downloadable prank phone calls and the like.
- He informed me, nicely that the book was a spoof of cranks and numerologists.
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Word Origin & History
spoof
"hoax, deception," 1884, spouf, name of a game invented by British comedian Arthur Roberts (1852-1933); sense of "a parody, satirical skit or play" is first recorded 1958, from verb in this sense, attested from 1914.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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