spoof
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5.3
- noun
- /spuːf/
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parodia
- During the awards ceremony, the host performed a spoof of popular reality TV shows that perfectly captured their absurdity.
It looks like some fucking goofy, like, spoof video.
- It looks like some fucking goofy, like, spoof video.
- And then John Goodman came on my talk show and we did a little sketch of the show like a spoof.
- Or or or maybe it's spoof.
- It's going to be a laugh, a hood, a holler, a gaff, A boof, A spoof, a slam.
- It was a bit of a spoof, a bit of a spaf as it were Moving on.
Examples
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The comedy show featured a hilarious spoof of a famous superhero movie that had everyone laughing.
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It's a hilarious spoof on artistic pretensions that brings out Ueland's impatience with frauds and her ability to mock herself.
Academic text (2007) -
I would hate to see yet another comedy spoof of an old TV show.
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The movie spoofs were my favorite.
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It's a spoof on jockeys.
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I remember the back cover of one issue of Mad had a spoof, a spoof of the cigarette Salem.
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I wrote and directed a spoof of Sweeney Todd called Shirley Todd.
Blog text (3) -
To me, it plays like a suspenseful, funny spoof of that era's genre ghost films, such as "The Uninvited."
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Warhol's raunchy film about five horny gay cowboys in pursuit of a handsome drifter/hustler was billed as a spoof on Hollywood Westerns.
Academic text (2012) -
Her spoof of the latest blockbuster was so clever that it received rave reviews from both critics and audiences alike.
Synonyms
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5.0
A funny copy of a song or film that makes fun of the original
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4.9
Making fun of someone or something by copying them to make others laugh
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7.7
An unfair silly version of something that makes fun of the original
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3.5
A funny copy of a person that makes their voice or actions seem bigger
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8.0
A written piece that makes fun of a person or group by copying their style
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8.4
A funny copy of a person or movie that makes fun of their style
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6.3
A funny imitation of a person's voice or behaviour
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7.5
A false act or story that tries to trick people, often to make them laugh
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7.0
A film or TV show that looks like a documentary but is fake and funny
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8.7
A play or story that makes fun of something by exaggerating its style
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7.9
A funny copy of a person or thing that makes fun of them
A short funny piece posted in public that mocks a person
Copying someone's actions or words to make fun of them
Antonyms
How Humorous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spoof probably began in the 1800s as a playful name for a small 'trick' or joke, maybe from a party game called spoof where people fooled one another. So a spoof came to mean a light, humorous imitation that makes fun of the original.