Definition of faking Faking
/fejˈkɪŋ/ - [feyking] - fak•ing
We found 3 definitions of faking from 2 different sources.
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What does faking mean?
Wiktionary 
- faking (Verb)
Present participle of fake.
Part of speech
🔤- faking, verb, gerund of fake (infinitive).
WordNet
NounPlural: fakes |
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| fake - something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be | ||
| sham, postiche | ||
| imitation copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else | ||
| fake book a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly | ||
| fake - a person who makes deceitful pretenses | ||
| imposter, impostor, pretender, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player | ||
| cheater, deceiver, beguiler, slicker, trickster, cheat someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | ||
| name dropper someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends | ||
| fake - (football) a deceptive move made by a football player | ||
| juke | ||
| feint any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack) | ||
Adjectivefake, faker, fakest |
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| fake - not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide" | ||
| false, faux, imitation, simulated | ||
| artificial, unreal artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation" | ||
| fake - fraudulent; having a misleading appearance | ||
| bogus, phony, phoney, bastard | ||
| counterfeit, imitative not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" | ||
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Wiktionary
- fake (Noun)
Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently. - fake (Noun)
A trick; a swindle. - fake (Noun)
Move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent. - fake (Noun)
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil. - fake (Verb)
To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. - fake (Verb)
To make; to construct; to do. - fake (Verb)
To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it. - fake (Verb)
To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify. - fake (Verb)
To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate. - fake (Verb)
To coil a rope, line, or hawser, by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out. - fake (Adjective)
Not real; false, fraudulent.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fake (n.)
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil. - fake (v. t.)
To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form,, to prevent twisting when running out. - fake (v. t.)
To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. - fake (v. t.)
To make; to construct; to do. - fake (v. t.)
To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it. - fake (n.)
A trick; a swindle.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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fake
To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. -
fake
Not genuine; imitating something superior. -
fake
To make a copy of with the intent to deceive.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fake
fāk, v.t. to fold, coil.—n. a coil of rope, &c -
fake
fāk, v.t. to steal: to make up an article so as to hide its defects.—n. Fake′ment, any swindling device. [Prof. Skeat thinks it merely the Mid. Dut. facken, to catch; Mr Bradley suggests the earlier feak, feague, Ger. fegen, to furbish up.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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fake
one of the circles, or windings, of a cable, or hauser, as it lies disposed in the coil. See the article COILING. The fakes are greater or smaller in proportion to the extent of space which a cable is allowed to occupy where it lies.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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fake
One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies disposed in a coil. (See COILING.) The fakes are greater or smaller in proportion to the space which a cable is allowed to occupy.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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fake
A false report.
