Crossword clues for fake
fake
- Like a three-dollar bill
- Not the real McCoy
- Gridiron move
- The Piltdown Man, notably
- Museum embarrassment
- Cry wolf or play possum
- Art expert's discovery
- Word before news or fur
- Street vendor's Gucci, most likely
- Some pop star personas
- Seether "___ It"
- Rolex bought on the street, probably
- Red Jumpsuit Apparatus "Don't You ___ It"
- Pretend to be experiencing
- Pretend shot
- Popular kind of fur
- Political news adjective
- Phoney (like news?)
- Not bona fide
- Made of paste, say
- Like some IDs
- Like press-on fingernails
- Like many Rolex watches sold on the street
- Like C.G.I
- Like bot accounts on social media
- Like an orange tan, say
- Hoops move
- Expert's discovery
- Embarrassment for an art curator
- Embarrassment for a curator
- Certain "Antiques Roadshow" discovery
- Bona fide? No
- Art exhibit embarrassment
- Art buyer's concern
- Sham
- Like some furs
- Mountebank
- Faux
- False move
- Like a flea-market Gucci, probably
- Deceptive play
- Impostor
- With 24-Across, bluff
- What some consider the 38-Across to be
- Handoff that isn't
- Forgery
- Like some lashes and tans
- Like knockoff goods
- Clifford Irving's "Autobiography of Howard Hughes," e.g.
- Something that is a counterfeit
- Not what it seems to be
- A person who makes deceitful pretenses
- Fraudulent
- Counterfeit
- Not real
- Bogus
- Improvise, in jazz
- Spurious
- Charlatan
- Four-flusher
- Ersatz
- QB's feint
- Counterfeit bar of chocolate left out
- Sham, counterfeit
- Phoney dope "safe" - knew that must be wrong
- Unreliable person left out forgery
- Not genuine
- Deceptive move
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fake \Fake\, n. [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. f[ae]c space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.] (Naut.) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Fake \Fake\, v. t. (Naut.) 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.
Faking box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.
Fake \Fake\, v. t. [Cf. Gael. faigh to get, acquire, reach, or OD. facken to catch or gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.]
To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
To make; to construct; to do.
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 \Fake\, n. A trick; a swindle. [Slang]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
of unknown origin; attested in London criminal slang as adjective (1775 "a counterfeit"), verb (1812 "to rob"), and noun (1851, "a swindle;" of persons 1888, "a swindler"), but probably older. A likely source is feague "to spruce up by artificial means," from German fegen "polish, sweep," also "to clear out, plunder" in colloquial use. "Much of our early thieves' slang is Ger. or Du., and dates from the Thirty Years' War" [Weekley]. Or it may be from Latin facere "to do." Century Dictionary notes that "thieves' slang is shifting and has no history."\n
\nThe nautical word meaning "one of the windings of a cable or hawser in a coil" probably is unrelated, from Swedish veck "a fold." As a verb, "to feign, simulate" from 1941. To fake it is from 1915, jazz slang; to fake (someone) out is from 1940s, originally in sports. Related: Faked; fakes; faking. The jazz musician's fake book is attested from 1951.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1
Not real; false, fraudulent. n. 1 Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently. 2 A trick; a swindle. 3 (context soccer English) move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent. v
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1 To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob. 2 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. 3 To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify. 4 To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate. Etymology 2
n. (context nautical English) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil. vb. (context nautical English) 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.
WordNet
adj. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, phony, phoney, bastard]
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" [syn: false, faux, imitation, simulated]
v. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" [syn: forge, counterfeit]
fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent]
talk through one's hat; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" [syn: bullshit, bull]
Wikipedia
Fake was a Swedish synthpop band during the 1980s.
Fake is a seven-volume BL manga by Sanami Matoh. The story focuses in a romance between Randy "Ryo" Maclean and Dee Laytner, two New York City detectives from the fictitious 27th precinct. An anime version of the fifth act (or chapter) from the second manga is also available, in the form of an OVA.
Randy "Ryo" Maclean, a half-Japanese cop, is new to the 27th Precinct, and he is partnered with Dee Laytner, an American with an overconfident attitude. The seven-volume manga details their adventures as police in a violent city and delves into each one's past, as well as developing their slowly building relationship. The final volume contains yaoi, and the first six volumes are mostly of a less intense, shōnen-ai nature.
Other noteworthy characters are Bikky and Carol, two kids who have lost their families and have been taken in by Ryo, and subsequently by Dee. A few of the acts focus on the very sweet young love that develops between those two. JJ and Drake are other detectives from the 27th, and JJ, completely obsessed with Dee, becomes quite jealous of Ryo, and that of course makes for some interesting moments throughout the manga, although JJ moves his attentions to Drake towards the end of the series. Berkeley Rose has a similar fancy for Ryo. He isn't shy about it either, going so far as to steal a kiss whenever possible, much to the irritation of both Dee and Ryo.
The manga itself mainly focuses on various cases Ryo and Dee have to solve, many of which become quite personal, allowing for convenient flashbacks to Dee's and Ryo's troubled pasts.
Fake was first published as seven volumes by Biblos, but after the company went bankrupt in 2006, Fake was republished by Mediation as five volumes, with one newly drawn extra story featured at the back of each. Fake's English translation is published by Tokyopop in the United States of America, and by Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand. All seven volumes are available in English. The one-off sequel "Like, like love" is only available in Japan as a part of an art book by Matoh.
On May 12, 2007, the manga Fake "Second Season", a sequel, premiered in a new Japanese magazine called Hug, also published by Mediation. There is currently no news on North American licensing.
Fake ( Thai: เฟค โกหกทั้งเพ) is a 2003 Thai romantic drama film directed by Thanakorn Pongsuwan. It starred Leo Putt (Putthipong Sriwat), Ray MacDonald, Tah Barby (Phaopol Thephatsadin na Ayutthaya) and Pachrapa Chaichua. The debut feature by Thanakorn, it was screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Stockholm International Film Festival and the Singapore International Film Festival in 2003 and 2004.
"Fake" is a song written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and recorded by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. It is the first single from the singer's second solo album, Hearsay (1987). It is one of the artist's most recognizable signature songs, and a favorite of many O'Neal fans worldwide.
"Fake" (stylized as "FAKE") is Japanese R&B singer Ai's 20th single, featuring pop/R&B musician Namie Amuro. It was released on March 31, 2010.
Fake may refer to:
In music:
- Fake (Swedish band), a band active in the 1980s
- Fake?, a Japanese rock band
- Fake (album), by Adorable
- "Fake" (Ai song)
- "Fake" (Alexander O'Neal song) (1987)
- "Fake" (Simply Red song) (2003)
- Fake (US band), an American electro band remixed by Imperative Reaction
- "Fake", a song by Brand New Heavies from Brother Sister
- "Fake", a 1994 song by Korn from Korn
- "Fake", a song by Mötley Crüe
In other uses:
- Fake (manga), a BL manga
- Fake (2003 film), a Thai movie
- Fake (2010 film), a film featuring Fisher Stevens
- Fake, Nigeria, a village 90 miles from Katagum
- Fake, a 1969 book by Clifford Irving about art forger Elmyr de Hory
"Fake" is a song written and recorded by British soft rock group Simply Red. It was released in July 2003 as the second single from the album, Home. It was the next single after their international smash hit " Sunrise". It reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play for the week of 14 February 2004.
Fake is the second and final album by the British alternative rock band Adorable released in 1994.
Usage examples of "fake".
The Shadow to continue his pretense of being Malvin, whether Alker knew it to be a fake, or not.
I thought someone was accusing me of faking amnesia, but what if the person who sent this note is accusing me of being an imposter?
Liysa had outlined her very detailed plot to fake amnesia so that she could break up with Tim without any recriminations.
Instead, she had faked a histrionic attack of amnesia, like something right out of a soap opera.
These heavily optimized fake stem cells biological robots in all but name spawn like cancer, ejecting short-lived anucleated secondary cells.
The notices were all in plain block lettering with standard spelling, as laid down by the director -- true Anglo-Saxon was obviously useless for the purpose, and fake archaisms were prohibited.
English spelling of his French first name, changed his last name to Beane, and faked a high school record.
He was the only person on the island who could be trusted to do what she needed to have done: replicate the piece in her pendant and swap the two, putting his fake in the bezel while he held on to the original.
But somewhere there had been a slip, worse than signing a faked Burch signature to a check.
Was the weapon he carried, the one Rimmer Dall had given up so easily, the talisman he sought or a fake?
Dig a little bit deeper and it turns out the reasons-of-conscience decals are fake.
Geoffrey Doel, chairman of the British Unidentified Flying Objects Research Association, who is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and an expert radiologist, is sure that the photograph is genuine in that it was not deliberately faked.
Later, following a pair of hard sacks, it was fourth and thirty, and Theresa scrambled and pumped faked twice, then broke downfield, one of the whippets catching her, throwing his hard little body at her belly.
But here she is nothing more than a drippy puddle on dry land, and to be a solid is to be a fake.
Recognition passed between the faces of the false Abu and the faking fakir who had come to summon his tardy assistant.