fakefeɪk(v.; n.; adj.)faked, fak•ing

1. (v.t.)to create or render so as to mislead, deceive, or defraud others:

   to fake a report.

2. to pretend; feign:

   to fake illness.

3. to counterfeit:

   to fake a person's signature.

4. to accomplish by improvising.

5. to trick (an opponent) by making a fake (often fol. by out).

6. to improvise.

   Category: Music and Dance

7. (v.i.)to fake something; pretend.

8. to give a fake to an opponent.

9. fake out,Slang. to trick; outwit.

   Category: Verb Phrase, Status (usage)

10. (n.)anything that misleads or defrauds others by seeming to be what it is not.

11. a person who fakes.

12. a simulated play or move intended to deceive an opponent.

    Category: Sport

13. (adj.)counterfeit.

Origin of fake:

1805–15; orig. vagrants' slang: to do for, rob, kill (someone), shape (something); perh. alter. of obs. feak, feague to beat, akin to D veeg a slap, vegen to sweep, wipe

fak′er•y

fakefeɪk(v.; n.)faked, fak•ing

1. (v.t.)to lay (a rope) in a fake.

   Category: Nautical, Navy

2. (n.)any complete loop of a rope.

   Category: Nautical, Navy

Origin of fake:

1350–1400; ME: to coil (a rope), of obscure orig.