Lexic.us

Definition of Spoof

1. Noun. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.

2. Verb. Make a parody of. "The students spoofed the teachers"

Definition of Spoof

1. Noun. a hoax ¹

2. Noun. a light parody ¹

3. Noun. nonsense ¹

4. Noun. (U.K.) 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. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) to gently satirize ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) to deceive ¹

7. Verb. (transitive computing) to falsify ¹

8. Noun. (Australian NZ slang) semen ¹

9. Verb. (Australian NZ slang) to ejaculate, to come ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spoof

1. to ridicule in fun [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spoof

spontaneous generation spontaneous generations spontaneous intermittent mandatory ventilation spontaneous mutation spontaneous osteolysis spontaneous phagocytosis spontaneous pneumothorax spontaneous process spontaneous recovery spontaneous transformation

spontaneous version spontaneously spontaneousness spontoon spontoons spoofable spoofed spoofer spooferies spoofers

spoofery spoofier spoofiest spoofing spoofings spoofs spoofy spook

Literary usage of Spoof

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"spoof has been defined by Sir P. Colquhoun as "an unintelligible shibboleth, ... This term owes its origin to the game of spoof, played on a draught - board ..."

2. Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy by Stephen Leacock (1915)
"spoof. A Thousand-Guinea Novel. New I Fascinating 1 Perplexing I CHAPTER I READERS are requested to note ..."

3. Briton Or Boer?: A Tale of the Fight for Africa by George Chetwynd Griffith (1899)
"CHAPTER XIX CAPTAIN MURRAY'S GAME OF spoof THERE was one portion of General Carrington's force which had not the good fortune to share in the glory of the ..."

4. Acta Soc. Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica by Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica (1899)
"spoof, p. 15. — Unter Holzstücken und in den Blattscheiden von Scirpus häufig. ... spoof, p. 17. — Nur ein einziges grosses Exemplar habe ich Ende Juni 1897 ..."

5. Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of Continental Students by Cornelis Stoffel (1894)
"In the following extracts to "spoof" evidently means "to disappoint, ... 27, 1892, 85": " There is also a solemn warning that " it is impossible to spoof a ..."

6. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"Oh I " rippin' " it is thus to sport and to " spoof," As a Jubilee Juggins with plenty of "oof," ... spoof. From the Dutch—a merry game or pastime—see Dr. ..."

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