spoof Definition
spoof (spo̵̅o̅f)
noun
- a joke, or deception
- a light parody or satire
Etymology: orig. a game involving hoaxing and nonsense, invented (c. 1889) by Arthur Roberts (1852-1933), Brit comedian
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to fool; deceive
- to satirize in a playful, amiable manner
spoof Related Forms
spoof′er noun
spoof* Synonyms
spoof* Synonyms
spoof Usage Examples
Object
- packet: A switch still creates a " broadcast domain " , providing an attacker the ability to spoof ARP packets.
- address: Broken net Spammers hide their location by using a false, or spoofed, address in the millions of messages they send out.
- attack: These replies come to us due to spoofed attacks using our addresses.
- email: Spoofed email can range from harmless pranks to social engineering ploys.
- game: Gameshow of the Week Every week we spoof a classic TV game in Gameshow of the Week.
- site: British Broadcasting Corporation [ online ] WTO falls victim to spoof web site.
Adjective modifier
- hilarious: Style A hilarious comic spoof of a murder mystery, set in the 1920s.
- funny: Nivek linked a funny spoof RAC warning about these flags.
Modifies a noun
- documentary: The movie follows two friends who make a spoof documentary, which they claim is footage of a secret autopsy on an alien.
- emails: Most of these spoof emails contain links to a forged web page or site.
- advert: The spoof advert was actually directed by Marcus Nispel who also did The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake.
- horror: Q: The film is called a spoof horror, is this you returning to childhood roots?
- comedy: Cult Australian spoof comedy Let the Blood Run Free charted life in St Christopher's Hospital.
- movie: In the case of ' UHF ' , you get treated to a spoof movie of his.
Noun used with modifier
- spy: Don Adams, the comedian who starred in Sixties spy spoof Get Smart, has died at the age of 82.
- horror: Later that same year, 13 Ghosts found the saucy young actress moving from horror spoof to the real deal.
- movie: I know what many of you are thinking... " Surely, you can't think movie spoofs are worth an entire column?
Preposition: of
- genre: Carry on Screaming ( 1966 ) another well known comedy team do a spoof of the horror genre.
- result: Only registered users can vote in polls so as to prevent spoofing of results.
Preposition: for
heart: If Real People Ran the Bank - I ( a spoof for the heart ) Banish Loans Forever The Worlds First Comedian?
Browse dictionary entries near spoof
- ‹ spontoon
- ‹ spontaneously
- ‹ spontaneous generation
- ‹ spontaneous combustion
- ‹ spontaneous
- ‹ spontaneity
- ‹ sponsorship
- ‹ sponsored domain
- ‹ sponsor
- ‹ sponson
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