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- [spoof]
- /spuf/
- /spuːf/
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- [spoof]
- /spuf/
Definitions of spoof word
- noun spoof a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life. 1
- noun spoof a hoax; prank. 1
- verb with object spoof to mock (something or someone) lightly and good-humoredly; kid. 1
- verb with object spoof to fool by a hoax; play a trick on, especially one intended to deceive. 1
- verb without object spoof to scoff at something lightly and good-humoredly; kid: The campus paper was always spoofing about the regulations. 1
- noun spoof parody, joke 1
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Origin of spoof
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90; after a game invented and named by Arthur Roberts (1852-1933), British comedian
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Parts of speech for Spoof
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spoof popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spoof
noun spoof
- bon mot — A bon mot is a clever, witty remark.
- bunco — a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- burlesque — A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
- canard — A canard is an idea or a piece of information that is false, especially one that is spread deliberately in order to harm someone or their work.
- cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
verb spoof
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- cartooning — a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- chicane — a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- deviled — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- deviling — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
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