Definition of "spoof" []

• Nonsense; tomfoolery. (noun)
• A hoax. (noun)
• A gentle satirical imitation; a light parody. (noun)
• To deceive. (verb-transitive)
• To do a spoof of; satirize gently. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Fri 10/02/09 3: 42 PM the hillywood show spoof is pretty good"
• "- The Telegraph (UK) You convince yourself, for a while, that a clever post-modern spoof is under way."
• "An homage or even a spoof is one thing, but using character designs or layouts without credit go way beyond that."