Spoof

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spoof
       n : a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous
           way [syn: {parody}, {lampoon}, {sendup}, {mockery}, {takeoff},
            {burlesque}, {travesty}, {charade}, {pasquinade}, {put-on}]
       v : make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers" [syn:
           {burlesque}, {parody}]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "spoof":
     bamboozle, befool, cheat, chicane, deceit, deception, fake,
     fake out, fakement, flam, flimflam, fool, hoax, hoodwink, humbug,
     kid, phony, put one on, put-on, rip-off, sell, sham, trick
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  spoof vi. To capture, alter, and retransmit a communication stream in a
     way that misleads the recipient. As used by hackers, refers especially
     to altering TCP/IP packet source addresses or other packet-header data
     in order to masquerade as a trusted machine. This term has become very
     widespread and is borderline techspeak.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  spoof
       
          See {spoofing}.