spoofball
spoofball adjective: involving both goofy and spoofing behavior.
Adjective
spoofball (comparative more spoofball, superlative most spoofball)
- Involving both goofy and spoofing behavior.
- The documentary traces the Foo Fighters’ ceaseless touring and chapters of internal drama that you’d hardly expect from a band that looked as though its members were having so much fun in their spoofball music videos.2011 April 8, Chris Richards, “For Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, a ginger look back before blasting forward”, in Washington Post
- In so many ways, Michael Showalter and David Wain’s spoofball, gross-out, sex-fuelled, rom-com, summer camp satire was a Wet Hot American Mess.2015 July 3, Alan Evans, “Wet Hot American Summer is back – but did it typecast its comedy all-stars?”, in The Guardian
Forms of spoofball
| comparative | more spoofball |
|---|---|
| superlative | most spoofball |
Origin of spoofball
Blend of spoof + goofball.
Questions about spoofball
- What does spoofball mean?
- Spoofball means involving both goofy and spoofing behavior.
- What part of speech is spoofball?
- Spoofball is an adjective.
Words near spoofball in the dictionary
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