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to spoof
01
to create a humorous imitation of something, often to mock or satirize it
Transitive: to spoof sth
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
spoof
3rd person singular
spoofs
Past simple
spoofed
Past participle
spoofed
Examples
The comedy show often spoofs popular TV commercials.
02
(computing) to send an email or spam to someone pretending to be someone else by forging their address
Transitive: to spoof sth
Examples
Hackers often spoof email addresses to trick recipients into opening malicious attachments.
Spoof
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
spoofs
Examples
The movie " Scary Movie " is a spoof of the horror genre, cleverly mocking popular horror films like " Scream " and " I Know What You Did Last Summer. "
Lexical Tree
spoofing
spoof
