n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: faked ; fak · ing
Date: 1851
transitive verb
1 : to alter, manipulate, or treat so as to give a spuriously genuine appearance to : DOCTOR < faked the lab results>
2 : COUNTERFEIT , SIMULATE , CONCOCT < faked a heart attack>
3 : to deceive (an opponent) in a sports contest by means of a fake
4 : IMPROVISE , AD-LIB <whistle a few bars ⋯ and I'll fake the rest ― Robert Sylvester>
intransitive verb
1 : to engage in faking something : PRETEND ― sometimes used with it <if you don't have the answers, fake it>
2 : to give a fake to an opponent
– fak · er noun
– fak · ery \ ' f ā -k( ə -)r ē \ noun