spoof

English

Etymology 1

From the proprietary name of a game involving deception.

Pronunciation

• enPR: spo͞of, IPA: /spuːf/, SAMPA: /spu:f/
• Rhymes: -uːf

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Wikipedia spoof (plural spoofs)

1. a hoax
2. a light parody
3. nonsense
4. (UK) 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.

Synonyms

• satire
• send-up
• parody

Translations

hoax

Dutch: grap (nl), mystificatie (nl), bedotterij (nl)

Finnish: huijaus (fi), petkutus (fi)

light parody

Finnish: parodia (fi) French: parodie (fr) f.

Indonesian: plesetan (id) Spanish: parodia (es) f.

nonsense

Verb

spoof (third-person singular simple present spoofs, present participle spoofing, simple past and past participle spoofed)

1. (transitive) to gently satirize
2. (transitive) to deceive
3. (transitive, computing) to falsify

Synonyms

• satirise, satirize
• send up

Translations

to gently satirize

Dutch: parodieren (nl) Finnish: parodioida (fi)

French: parodier (fr)

to deceive

Dutch: misleiden (nl), bedriegen (nl)

Finnish: huijata (fi), petkuttaa (fi)

to falsify

Dutch: vervalsen (nl) Finnish: väärentää, spooffata (slang)

French: spoofer (fr)

Etymology 2

Unknown

Pronunciation

• enPR: spo͝of, IPA: /spʊf/, SAMPA: /spUf/
• Rhymes: -ʊf

Noun

spoof (uncountable)

1. (Australian slang) semen

Synonyms

cum jizz

sprog (Australia) spunk (UK)

Verb

spoof (third-person singular simple present spoofs, present participle spoofing, simple past and past participle spoofed)

1. (Australian slang) to ejaculate, to come

Derived terms

• spoofie n
• spoofy a

Anagrams

• poofs