fake 1
/fayk/ , v. , faked, faking , n. , adj.
v.t.
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 fol. by out ): The running back faked out the defender with a deft move and scored.
6. Jazz.
a. to improvise: to fake an accompaniment.
b. to play (music) without reading from a score.
v.i.
7. to fake something; pretend.
8. to give a fake to an opponent.
9. 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.
n.
10. anything made to appear otherwise than it actually is; counterfeit: This diamond necklace is a fake.
11. a person who fakes; faker: The doctor with the reputed cure for cancer proved to be a fake.
12. a spurious report or story.
13. Sports. a simulated play or move intended to deceive an opponent.
adj.
14. designed to deceive or cheat; not real; counterfeit.
[ 1805-15; orig. vagrants' slang: to do for, rob, kill (someone), shape (something); perh. var. of obs. feak, feague to beat, akin to D veeg a slap, vegen to sweep, wipe ]
Syn. 3. feign, affect, dissemble, sham, fabricate. 11. fraud, impostor, quack, charlatan, deceiver.
fake 2
/fayk/ , v. , faked, faking , n. Naut.
v.t.
1. to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often fol. by down ).
n.
2. any complete turn of a rope that has been faked down.
3. any of the various ways in which a rope may be faked down.
Also, flake .
[ 1350-1400; ME faken to coil (a rope), of obscure orig. ]