spoofs in English

noun
1
a humorous imitation of something, typically a film or a particular genre of film, in which its characteristic features are exaggerated for comic effect.
a Robin Hood spoof
2
a trick played on someone as a joke.
Another claim on the Web page is that you can use it to ‘send your buddies games and hilarious news spoofs .’
verb
1
imitate (something) while exaggerating its characteristic features for comic effect.
it is a movie that spoofs other movies
2
hoax or trick (someone).
they proceeded to spoof Western intelligence with false information
noun
verb

Use "spoofs" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "spoofs" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "spoofs", or refer to the context using the word "spoofs" in the English Dictionary.

1. The best of Mel Brooks' recent spoofs.

2. On the whole I hate spoofs and I like everything played straight.

3. I went to college once and engaged in my share of spoofs and mockery.

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5. Anachronism in fictional settings is also used in film spoofs, for example Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) and Shrek (2001)

6. Longtime MAD Magazine creators Desmond Devlin and Tom Richmond want to keep the parody genre alive! Check out 'Claptrap: Movie spoofs in a classic humorous vein!' on Indiegogo.

7. ‘Jean Chretien (though now wealthy) is an outsider, an Arriviste, and a rags-to-riches political scrapper.’ ‘Michael Armstrong spoofs the pretensions of bourgeois Arrivistes, while describing the horrors of child labor and documenting its heroine's mounting inquisitiveness and willingness to intervene.’

8. ‘Jean Chretien (though now wealthy) is an outsider, an Arriviste, and a rags-to-riches political scrapper.’ ‘Michael Armstrong spoofs the pretensions of bourgeois Arrivistes, while describing the horrors of child labor and documenting its heroine's mounting inquisitiveness and willingness to intervene.’

9. Something's Afoot is a musical that spoofs detective stories, mainly the works of Agatha Christie, and especially her 1939 detective novel And Then There Were None.The book, music, and lyrics were written by James McDonald, David Vos, and Robert Gerlach, with additional music by Ed Linderman.