fakest
verb (used with object)
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.
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.
verb (used without object)
7.
to fake something; pretend.
8.
to give a fake to an opponent.
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Fakest
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noun
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.
adjective
Verb phrases 13.
designed to deceive or cheat; not real; counterfeit.
14.
fake out, Slang.
a.
to trick; deceive: She faked me out by acting friendly and then stole my job.
b.
to surprise, as by a sudden reversal: They thought we weren't coming back, but we faked them out by showing up during dinner.
Origin:
1805–15; orig. vagrants' slang: to do for, rob, kill (someone), shape (something); perhaps variant of obsolete feak, feague to beat, akin to Dutch veeg a slap, vegen to sweep, wipe
1805–15; orig. vagrants' slang: to do for, rob, kill (someone), shape (something); perhaps variant of obsolete feak, feague to beat, akin to Dutch veeg a slap, vegen to sweep, wipe
Synonyms
3. feign, affect, dissemble, sham, fabricate. 10. fraud, impostor, quack, charlatan, deceiver.
3. feign, affect, dissemble, sham, fabricate. 10. fraud, impostor, quack, charlatan, deceiver.
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fake1 (feɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to cause (something inferior or not genuine) to appear more valuable, desirable, or real by fraud or pretence |
| 2. | to pretend to have (an illness, emotion, etc): to fake a headache |
| 3. | to improvise (music, stage dialogue, etc) |
| —n | |
| 4. | an object, person, or act that is not genuine; sham, counterfeit, or forgery |
| —adj | |
| 5. | not genuine; spurious |
| [originally (C18) thieves' slang to mug or do someone; probably via Polari from Italian facciare to make or do] | |
| 'faker1 | |
| —n | |
| 'fakery1 | |
| —n | |
| fake2 (feɪk) | |
| —vb (usually foll by down) | |
| 1. | to coil (a rope) on deck |
| —n | |
| 2. | one round of a coil of rope |
| [Middle English faken, perhaps via Lingua Franca from Italian facciare to make or do; see | |
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Word Origin & History
fake
attested in London criminal slang as adj. (1775), verb (1812), and noun (1827), but probably older. Likely source is feague "to spruce up by artificial means," from Ger. fegen "polish, sweep," also "to clear out, plunder" in colloquial use. "Much of our early thieves' slang is Ger. or Du., and dates
from the Thirty Years' War" [Weekley]. Or it may be from L. facere "to do." Related: Faked; faker; fakes; faking.
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