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Definitions for Faking

[1] prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, or fraudulent): to fake a report showing nonexistent profits.
[2] to conceal the defects of or make appear more attractive, interesting, valuable, etc., usually in order to deceive: The story was faked a bit to make it more sensational.
[3] to pretend; simulate: to fake illness.
[4] to accomplish by trial and error or by improvising: I don't know the job, but I can fake it.
[5] to trick or deceive (an opponent) by making a fake (often followed by out ): The running back faked out the defender with a deft move and scored.
[6] Jazz . to improvise: to fake an accompaniment. to play (music) without reading from a score.
[7] to fake something; pretend.
[8] to give a fake to an opponent.
[9] anything made to appear otherwise than it actually is; counterfeit: This diamond necklace is a fake.
[10] a person who fakes; faker: The doctor with the reputed cure for cancer proved to be a fake.
[11] a spurious report or story.
[12] Sports . a simulated play or move intended to deceive an opponent.
[13] designed to deceive or cheat; not real; counterfeit.
[14] fake out , Slang . to trick; deceive: She faked me out by acting friendly and then stole my job. to surprise, as by a sudden reversal: They thought we weren't coming back, but we faked them out by showing up during dinner.
[15] to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down ).
[16] any complete turn of a rope that has been faked down.
[17] any of the various ways in which a rope may be faked down.
[18] (tr) to cause (something inferior or not genuine) to appear more valuable, desirable, or real by fraud or pretence
[19] to pretend to have (an illness, emotion, etc) to fake a headache
[20] to improvise (music, stage dialogue, etc)
[21] an object, person, or act that is not genuine; sham, counterfeit, or forgery
[22] not genuine; spurious
[23] (tr usually foll by down ) to coil (a rope) on deck
[24] one round of a coil of rope

Words related to Faking

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Origin of Faking

e21350–1400; Middle English faken to coil (a rope), of obscure origin

Word origin for Faking

eMiddle English faken , perhaps via Lingua Franca from Italian facciare to make or do; see fake 1

Synonyms for Faking

counterfeit, fabricate, feign, put on, act, affect, assume, bluff, copy, disguise, dissimulate, forge, sham, simulate, spoof, put on an act