spoofing
present participle ofspoof
spoof
verb[IorT]
USinformaluk/spuːf/us/spuːf/totryto make someonebelievein something that is nottrue, as ajoke
Synonym
parody
Teasing
- joke
- josh
- kid
- leg
- only joking!idiom
- pullsomeone'slegidiom
- rag
- rag onsomeone
- raillery
- rib
- ribbing
- roast
- spoof
- standing joke
- tease
- teaser
- wind
- windsomethingup
Examplesofspoofing
spoofing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It is a bit ofspoofing, a bit of lip-service to democracy.
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To me it is immoral and dishonest because you arespoofingthe public and you cannot spoof the public all the time.
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There is the problem ofspoofing.
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His favorite medium was lithography, and he alternated betweenspoofinghigh society and creating beautiful landscapes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some groups discourage members from disclosing their e-mail address due tospoofing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This ensured that unauthorized clients could not connect and run malicious exploits (such as for monitoring network traffic orspoofingidentities) against the network.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He inhabits it fully, strutting and swaggering and even,spoofinghimself.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The television special was a series of skitsspoofingthe portrayal of private investigators on television and in films.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These games are far more complex,spoofingmany popular 1980s videogames.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The new version introduced an infobar refresh feature with the aim of preventing websitespoofingattacks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the same time, he could be wittily ironic about society's pretensions,spoofingsubjects like psychiatry, suburbanites and social climbing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The best way to preventspoofingis to avoid using hyperlinks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Additionally, a joke issuespoofinga different newspaper or magazine is run every year at the end of the winter term.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Therefore, a downstream wave provider can verify that the wave provider is notspoofingwavelet operations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One of the most notable capabilities is spoofed ident responses or identspoofing.
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