spoof

1. 1.

   make a parody of

   “The students spoofed the teachers”

   Synonymsburlesqueparody

   Broadermock

   Narrowertravesty

Other forms of spoof

plural

spoofs·

past tense

spoofed·

present participle

spoofing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spoof

What does spoof mean?

spoof means "a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spoof?

spoof has 1 syllable: spoof. In IPA it is /ˈspuf/.

What is another word for spoof?

Close synonyms include parody, lampoon, sendup, send-up, mockery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spoof a common word?

spoof is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.