adj
Meaning 1
Fake, hoax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spoof
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: spo͞of
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /spuːf/
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rhymes with -uːf
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: spo͝of
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /spʊf/
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CMU ARPABET: S P UW1 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 3
An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- Don't click anything on that website! That whole site is a spoof! Call IT right now.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A light parody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, historical
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noun
Meaning 6
Nonsense.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
Semen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 8
To gently satirize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: send up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: satirize, satirise
verb
Meaning 9
To deceive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 10
To falsify; especially, to falsify identities by impersonating for scamming purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- The fraudsters convincingly spoofed a Microsoft webpage and then invited their victims to click various links found there.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To ejaculate, to come.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, slang
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noun
Meaning 12
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: parody, lampoon, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: caricature, imitation, impersonation
verb
Meaning 13
make a parody of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The students spoofed the teachers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: burlesque, parody
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mock
Narrower terms: travesty
History
Etymology
Coined by the English comedian Arthur Roberts (1852–1933) 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.
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: измама (izmama) — act of deception, hoax
- Dutch: grap — act of deception, hoax
- Dutch: mystificatie — act of deception, hoax
- Dutch: bedotterij — act of deception, hoax
- Finnish: huijaus — act of deception, hoax
- Finnish: petkutus — act of deception, hoax
- French: duperie — act of deception, hoax
- French: farce — act of deception, hoax
- Portuguese: persuasão — act of deception, hoax
- Russian: обман (obman) — act of deception, hoax
- Spanish: engaño — act of deception, hoax
- Bulgarian: майтап (majtap) — light parody
- Dutch: parodie — light parody
- Finnish: parodia — light parody
- French: parodie — light parody
- Galician: parodia — light parody
- German: Parodie — light parody
- Indonesian: plesetan — light parody
- Portuguese: paródia — light parody
- Russian: пародия (parodija) — light parody
- Spanish: parodia — light parody
- Bulgarian: глупост (glupost) — nonsense
- Dutch: onzin — nonsense
- Dutch: nonsens — nonsense
- Finnish: hölynpöly — nonsense
- French: blague — nonsense
- Portuguese: besteira — nonsense
- Russian: чепуха (čepuxa) — nonsense
- Russian: чушь (čušʹ) — nonsense
- Russian: нонсенс (nonsens) — nonsense
- Spanish: disparate — nonsense
- Bulgarian: майтапя (majtapja) — to gently satirize
- Dutch: parodiëren — to gently satirize
- Finnish: parodioida — to gently satirize
- French: parodier — to gently satirize
- German: reinlegen — to gently satirize
- German: parodieren — to gently satirize
- Portuguese: satirizar — to gently satirize
- Russian: пародировать (parodirovatʹ) — to gently satirize
- Russian: иронизировать (ironizirovatʹ) — to gently satirize
- Spanish: parodiar — to gently satirize
- Bulgarian: мамя (mamja) — to deceive
- Dutch: misleiden — to deceive
- Dutch: bedriegen — to deceive
- Finnish: huijata — to deceive
- Finnish: petkuttaa — to deceive
- French: tromper — to deceive
- German: täuschen — to deceive
- German: verschleiern — to deceive
- Portuguese: persuadir — to deceive
- Russian: обманывать (obmanyvatʹ) — to deceive
- Spanish: engañar — to deceive
- Dutch: vervalsen — to falsify
- Finnish: väärentää — to falsify
- Finnish: spooffata — to falsify
- French: spoofer — to falsify
- German: fälschen — to falsify
- German: verfälschen — to falsify
- German: falsifizieren — to falsify
- Portuguese: falsificar — to falsify
- Spanish: suplantar — to falsify