Значение
значений: 7(исчисляемое)An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
обманobman
An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.
Don't click anything on that website! That whole site is a spoof! Call IT right now.
(исчисляемое)A light parody.
Parodie
пародияparodija
(Британия, исчисляемое, историческое)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.
(неисчисляемое)Nonsense.
чепухаčepuxa, чушьčušʹ, нонсенсnonsens
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A constructed number or solution that saitisfies a set of conditions only when one of its rules are relaxed.
(Австралия, Новая Зеландия, сленг, неисчисляемое)Semen.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Примеры
предложений: 6You shouldn't believe it, it's just a spoof.
That book was a spoof of the movie.
Tom is writing a spoof of James Joyce's Ulysses.
I wish Mel Brooks had made a spoof of this movie.
Mel Brooks is known for his spoofs of popular movies and genres.
Переводы
языков: 5По значениям 3
По значениям 1
Происхождение
Coined by English comedian Arthur Roberts in 1884 as the name of a card game involving decCoined by English comedian Arthur Roberts in 1884 as the name of a card game involving deception and nonsense.
Origin unknown; perhaps imitative of the spurting of a viscous liquid. Compare splooge, spoo (US slang), spooge, spaff.
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Формы
мн. число: spoofsСинонимы
синонимов: 21Однокоренные
связанных слов: 8Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым