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spoof Definition

spoof (spo̵̅o̅f)

noun

  1. a joke, or deception
  2. 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

  1. to fool; deceive
  2. to satirize in a playful, amiable manner

spoof Related Forms

spoof′er noun

spoof* Synonyms

spoof*

n.

trickery, put on, satire; see deception 1, parody.

spoof* Synonyms

spoof*

v.

fool, play a trick on, kid*; see parody, trick.

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?