Spoof

Quick meaning: Spoof is a noun meaning (countable) An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.

Meaning

(countable) An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A light parody.
2. (uncountable) Nonsense.
3. Fake, hoax.
4. (transitive) To gently satirize.
5. (transitive) To deceive.
6. (ambitransitive, computing) To falsify; especially, to falsify identities by impersonating for scamming purposes.
7. (countable, British, historical) A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coins hidden in a fist and attempt to guess the total number of coins held.

Example Sentences

Her [Jean Harlow's] best film is generally considered to be Bombshell (1933), in which she spoofed her own career as a Hollywood sex goddess.

Despite appearances, Hajime Furukawa's wacky I Don't Like Friday was never aimed at children, but ran as a spoof sex-education English course in Business Jump.

I think you used the expression that you came out because people at home were not aware whether it was "spoof" or whether it really could be carried into effect?—A large number of people at home thought it was "spoof."

On Broadway, where it opened in 1949, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was a spoof of the madcap Twenties which gave Carol Channing her first starring role; on the screen, it was an up-to-date spoof of sex which gave Marilyn Monroe her first starring role in a musical.

Word Forms

• spoofs
• spoofing
• spoofed

Synonyms for spoof

Depending on context, synonyms include parody, satire, send-up, sendup, spunk, spooge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include parody, sendup, travesty, pasquinade, lampoon, mockery.

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