spoof
verb/spuːf/
/spuːf/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they spoof | /spuːf/ /spuːf/ |
| he / she / it spoofs | /spuːfs/ /spuːfs/ |
| past simple spoofed | /spuːft/ /spuːft/ |
| past participle spoofed | /spuːft/ /spuːft/ |
| -ing form spoofing | /ˈspuːfɪŋ/ /ˈspuːfɪŋ/ |
- spoof something to copy a film, TV programme, etc. in a humorous way by exaggerating its main features
- It is a movie that spoofs other movies.
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- spoof something to send an email that appears to come from somebody else’s email address
- Someone has been spoofing my address.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: coined by Arthur Roberts (1852–1933), English comedian.
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