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Spoof   /spuf/   Listen
Spoof

noun
1.
A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.  Synonyms: burlesque, charade, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, takeoff, travesty.
verb
1.
Make a parody of.  Synonyms: burlesque, parody.






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"Spoof" Quotes from Famous Books



... engineer by profession, I conceived a mechanical means of giving those hens the scare of their lives if they persisted in their antisocial habits. I constructed a "spoof" egg of white enamelled metal, with hinges that opened when a catch was touched. Inside I compressed one of those jack-in-the-box snakes that spring out ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, May 21, 1919. • Various



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