Mock and Spoof

Mock

Mock verb - To copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of.
Usage example: mocked the bully's swaggering walk behind his back

Spoof is a synonym for mock in send up topic. In some cases you can use "Spoof" instead the word "Mock" as a verb or a noun. informal substitute

Nearby Words: mockery, mocking, mocked, mocker, mockingly

Spoof

Spoof verb - To copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of.
Usage example: spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team

Mock is a synonym for spoof. Sometimes you can use "Mock" instead the word "Spoof" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: spoofing, spoofed

Common collocations

tendency mock tendency spoof tendency
character mock character spoof character
obsession mock obsession spoof obsession
work mock work spoof work
Other words: style, concept, hell, movies, enemies, games, aspects, heroes, tropes.

Both words in one sentence

  • Web Video / Oddity Archive Spoof Aesop: "TV Sign-Offs" features a mock PSA that shows Ben shedding a single tear before dumping trash on a clean floor.
  • Theatre / Mystère But the singular Red Bird, when played by a man, is the most obvious example, so much so that when Brian encounters him and proceeds to mock his dancing, he opens his own shirt for a moment to complete the spoof.
  • Animesque Also, the Speed Racer-spoof episode "Mock Five", making jokes upon everything from the dub's infamously fast speech to the low amount of animation frames to the still shots upon tense moments.
    Source: Animesque
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