EGAVE

spoof

About 0.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller} A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.
    Don't click anything on that website! That whole site is a spoof! Call IT right now.
  2. noun A cyberattack involving deception via impersonated identities; a digital asset used in such an attack.
    Don't click anything on that website! That whole site is a spoof! Call IT right now.
  3. noun A light parody.
  4. noun 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.
  5. noun Nonsense.
  6. noun A constructed number or solution that satisfies a set of conditions only when one of its rules are relaxed.
  7. adjective Fake, hoax.
  8. verb To gently satirize.

Similar words

parody sendup travesty pasquinade lampoon mockery burlesque charade takeoff satire

Often followed by

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Word family

spoofed spooferies spoofery spoofing spoofs spoofy

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