faking

verb

Definition of fakingnext
present participle of fake
1
as in forging
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot

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2
as in pretending
to present a false appearance of while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes

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3
as in concocting
to perform, make, or do without preparation if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech

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4
as in evading
to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faking
  1. pretending
  2. evading
  3. simulating
  4. devising
  5. dodging
  6. assuming
Verb
  • While maintaining a quirky and mysterious air, the show yields questions like, is a cult real if its creators are pretending but its followers aren’t?
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • June Squibb plays the titular Thelma, who gets taken in by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson Danny (Fred Hechinger) to the tune of $10,000.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of pretending
Verb
  • Rich had fled to Switzerland in 1983 after he was indicted on more than 50 counts of fraud and evading more than $48 million in taxes.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Rosado was arrested and charged with engaging police in pursuit, evading responsibility, failure to obey stop sign, reckless driving, unreadable license plates, interfering with an officer, possession with intent to sell narcotics and operating a drug factory.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of evading
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  • Instead of relying on the STAR interview method, try simulating interviews directly with ChatGPT.
    Laura M. Labovich, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • When simulating tea preparation, scientists found that the polymers used in the teabags release millions and billions of various microscopic pieces of plastic.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of simulating
Verb
  • Assume for the sake of discussion that each of those processing components is devising a said-to-be chain-of-thought.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • In recent years, CFOs have played a more active role in creating strategy for the company overall, not just tallying up the funds but devising new programs, structures and tech investment plans to help the company’s bottom line.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of devising
Verb
  • The idea of retaining this GM while firing the coach is outrageous, and that attempt at dodging accountability and revising history will be exposed in due time.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • After several years of dodging taxes in this fashion, the taxpayers could then repurchase these interests for a song and thus regain ownership of their businesses.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of dodging
Verb
  • Deng Xiaoping, Mao Zedong's successor, instituted the policy in 1979 as one of his first initiatives after assuming power.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Change Your Team's Stereotypical Mindset Through Education A powerful tip for resonating authentically with diverse media is to avoid assuming each ethnicity only connects with its own.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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