different between spoof vs impersonation

English

Etymology 1

Coined by the English comedian Arthur Roberts (1852–1933) in 1884 as the name of a card game involving deception and nonsense.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: spo?of, IPA^(key): /spu?f/
• Rhymes: -u?f

Noun

spoof (countable and uncountable, plural spoofs)

1. (countable) An act of deception; a hoax; a joking prank. [from 1889]
2. (countable) A light parody. [from 1958]
3. (countable, Britain, historical) 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.
4. (uncountable) Nonsense.

Synonyms

• (light parody): parody, satire, send-up/sendup

Derived terms

• spoofable
• spoofer
• spoofery
• spoofing (noun)
• unspoofable

Translations

Adjective

spoof (not comparable)

1. Fake, hoax.

Verb

spoof (third-person singular simple present spoofs, present participle spoofing, simple past and past participle spoofed)

1. (transitive) To gently satirize. [from 1914]
2. (transitive) To deceive.
3. (transitive, computing) To falsify.

Synonyms

• (to gently satirize): satirise/satirize, send up

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin unknown; perhaps imitative of the spurting of a viscous liquid. Compare splooge, spoo (US slang), spooge, spaff.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: spo?of, IPA^(key): /sp?f/
• Rhymes: -?f

Noun

spoof (uncountable)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Semen.

Synonyms

• (semen): spunk (chiefly UK), spooge (US), cum, jizz, jizzum, jism, gism, nut, junk
• See Thesaurus:semen

Translations

Verb

spoof (third-person singular simple present spoofs, present participle spoofing, simple past and past participle spoofed)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To ejaculate, to come.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:ejaculate

Derived terms

• spoofy

Translations

References

Further reading

• spoof (game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• spoof (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• poofs

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

impersonation (countable and uncountable, plural impersonations)

1. the act of impersonating

Further reading

• impersonation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• impersonation at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• semipronation