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    spoof

    verb
    verb
    BrE BrE//spuːf//
    ; NAmE NAmE//spuːf//
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they spoof
    BrE BrE//spuːf//
    ; NAmE NAmE//spuːf//
     he / she / it spoofs
    BrE BrE//spuːfs//
    ; NAmE NAmE//spuːfs//
     past simple spoofed
    BrE BrE//spuːft//
    ; NAmE NAmE//spuːft//
     past participle spoofed
    BrE BrE//spuːft//
    ; NAmE NAmE//spuːft//
     -ing form spoofing
    BrE BrE//ˈspuːfɪŋ//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈspuːfɪŋ//
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  1. 1spoof something to copy a film/movie, television programme, etc. in an amusing way by exaggerating its main features It is a movie that spoofs other movies. Wordfindercomedycaricature, comedy, funny, joke, parody, pun, sketch, slapstick, spoof, take-off
  2. 2spoof something to send an email that appears to come from somebody else’s email address Someone has been spoofing my address. See related entries: Email
    3.  Word Originlate 19th cent.: coined by Arthur Roberts (1852–1933), English comedian.
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