Meaning
7 senses(countable)An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
обманobman
An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable)A light parody.
Parodie
пародияparodija
(UK, countable, historical)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.
(uncountable)Nonsense.
чепухаčepuxa, чушьčušʹ, нонсенсnonsens
(countable, uncountable)A constructed number or solution that saitisfies a set of conditions only when one of its rules are relaxed.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, uncountable)Semen.
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Examples
6 sentencesYou 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.
Translations
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Origin
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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Forms
plural: spoofsSynonyms
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8 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable