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spoof
[ spoof ]
noun
- a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody:
The show was a spoof of college life.
- a hoax; prank.
verb (used with object)
- to mock (something or someone) lightly and good-humoredly; kid.
- to fool by a hoax; play a trick on, especially one intended to deceive.
- to trick (electronic devices, as radar), by interrupting or otherwise corrupting data in order to avoid detection.
- Digital Technology. to misrepresent (the identity of a party or the origin of data) in a communication, in order to misdirect digital authentication or other security measures: Suspects spoofed caller ID when they phoned in the anonymous threats. Compare phish ( def ).
Hackers spoofed the IP to fool the network into providing access.
Suspects spoofed caller ID when they phoned in the anonymous threats.
The sender’s email address was spoofed to fool the company’s spam filters.
verb (used without object)
- to scoff at something lightly and good-humoredly; kid:
The campus paper was always spoofing about the regulations.
spoof
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noun
- a mildly satirical mockery or parody; lampoon
a spoof on party politics
- a good-humoured deception or trick; prank
verb
- to indulge in a spoof of (a person or thing)
- to communicate electronically under a false identity
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ±è´Ç´Ç´Ú±ð°ù, noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of spoof1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of spoof1
Example Sentences
“Death of a Unicorn†is so certain that its audience will care more about the paltry laughs it can draw out of its Sackler spoofs that the finished film feels altogether smug.
Instead, he made his film debut as a 1950s rock star in the 1984 spy movie spoof “Top Secret!†and released an album covering the film’s songs.
“A niche spoof on a classic California bumper sticker.â€
Brooks hadn’t offered the town’s hippest brute a part in his black-and-white spoof.
Tom Hanks, wearing a black suit and tie, aptly performed a spoof segment named "In Memoriam".
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