how to pronounce spoof

/spuːf/

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spoof is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of spoof in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… and even a spoof Brooke on the Rubik's …”

meanings of spoof

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.
An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank.
Semen.
A light parody.
Nonsense.

verb:

To deceive.
To falsify.
To ejaculate, to come.
To gently satirize.

adjective:

Fake, hoax.

spoof frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word spoof occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics spoof can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that spoof can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;