American English pronunciation

How to pronounce poof

IPA transcription: ['puf]

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Noun

Usage examples

  • "Variety" called it "a surprisingly funny B-movie spoof with a feminist edge.
  • The satirical website The Spoof!
  • Parody, spoofs the series.
  • Phishing scammers attempt to spoof a website to steal security details.
  • In the early Internet, "legitimately spoofed" email was common.
  • Phishing scammers attempt to spoof a website to steal security details.
  • The film spoofs "Casablanca", "The Maltese Falcon", "Chinatown", and "To Have and Have Not".
  • He just called you a poof, what's your response to that?
  • Occasionally, the final sketch was a film spoof.
  • Similar in meaning to "pansy", or to "nancyboy" or "poofter" outside the United States.