spoofnoun [ C ]
uk/spuːf/us/spuːf/a funny and silly piece of writing, music, theatre, etc. that copies the style of an original work:
They did a spoof on/of the Nine O'Clock News.
It was a spoof cowboy film.
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Types of film, play, book etc.
- adaptation
- anime
- blockbuster
- epic
- epigram
- epistle
- film noir
- hagiography
- hokum
- indie
- lampoon
- mystery
- pap
- pastiche
- pastoral
- prose
- saga
- satire
- slow
- the big screen 1
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spoofverb [ I or T ]
uk/spuːf/us/spuːf/US informalto try to make someone believe in something that is not true, as a joke
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Teasing
- joke
- josh
- kid
- leg
- only joking! idiom
- pull sb's leg idiom
- rag
- raillery
- rib
- ribbing
- standing joke
- tease
- wind 1
- wind sb up