spoof

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Pronunciation

• (RP, GA) enPR: spo͞of, IPA: /spuːf/

Noun

spoof

1. (countable) An act of deception; a hoax#Noun|hoax; a joking#Adjective|joking prank#Noun|prank. [from 1889]
2. (countable) A light#Adjective|light parody. [from 1958]
3. (countable, Britain, historical) A drinking game in which players hold up to three (or another specified number of) coin#Noun|coins hidden in a fist#Noun|fist and attempt#Verb|attempt to guess#Verb|guess the total number of coins held.
4. (uncountable) Nonsense.

Synonyms

• (light parody) parody, satire, send-up/sendup

Translations

• Portuguese: persuasão
• Russian: обман
• Spanish: engaño

Translations

• French: parodie
• Portuguese: paródia
• Russian: пародия
• Spanish: parodia

Translations

• Portuguese: besteira
• Russian: чепуха
• Spanish: burla, locura

Adjective

spoof (not comparable)

1. fake#Adjective|Fake, hoax#Adjective|hoax.

Verb

spoof (spoofs, present participle spoofing; past and past participle spoofed)

1. (transitive) To gently satirize. [from 1914]
2. (transitive) To deceive.
3. (transitive, computing) To falsify.

Synonyms

• (to gently satirize) satirise/satirize, send up

Translations

• French: parodier
• Portuguese: satirizar
• Russian: пародировать

Translations

• French: tromper
• Portuguese: persuadir
• Russian: обманывать

Translations

• French: spoofer
• Portuguese: falsificar

Pronunciation

• (RP, GA) enPR: spo͝of, IPA: /spʊf/

Noun

spoof (uncountable)

1. (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Semen.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:semen

Verb

spoof (spoofs, present participle spoofing; past and past participle spoofed)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To ejaculate#Verb|ejaculate, to come.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:ejaculate

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