Verbspoofed 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
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This was the second week in a row that the show spoofed Trump’s tariff, as Johnson appeared in the opener last week to satirize the president’s rollout of the new policy.—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2025 Episode host Jon Hamm spoofed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who took on Walter Goggins’ character Rick, and was shown with Wood’s character Chelsea, who was played by Sarah Sherman in the sketch.—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
Plot details for The Naked Gun are being kept under wraps, but like the first three movies, viewers can expect a cop spoof filled with ridiculous sight gags.—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025 Beginning in the ‘30s and really hitting their stride in the glorious color animation of the ‘40s and ‘50s, the Warner Bros. cartoons have certainly stretched the bounds of what’s possible in 8-11 minutes, from full opera spoofs to fourth-wall-breaking experiments.—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spoof
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Spoof, a hoaxing game invented by Arthur Roberts †1933 English comedian
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