spoofed; spoofing; spoofs
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Verb
spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team
the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter
Noun
many viewers thought that the spoof of a television newscast was the real thing
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Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2024
The film spoofs The Shining (1980), The Lost Boys (1987) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) with the blocky LEGO characters.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
One scene that was cut — that, in fact, was never filmed — would have required Spelling to go topless in a spoof of the 1982 horror film The Entity starring Barbara Hershey.
—John Russell, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Lizzo is getting in on the joke with a new Halloween costume that spoofs a bit from South Park: The End of Obesity, a TV special of the animated Comedy Central sitcom that referenced the musician and the diabetes drug Ozempic used for weight loss.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2024
The film spoofs The Shining (1980), The Lost Boys (1987) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) with the blocky LEGO characters.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
Noun
Kamala Harris faces off against Donald Trump in Family Feud for SNL cold open: 'Show me dementia!'
Coolidge wasn't the only celeb who got the spoof treatment during Grande’s SNL visit.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2024
One scene that was cut — that, in fact, was never filmed — would have required Spelling to go topless in a spoof of the 1982 horror film The Entity starring Barbara Hershey.
—John Russell, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Spoof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoof. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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