adjective
    
    not true or real
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    noun
    
    plural fakes
    
    [count] a copy of something that is meant to look like the real thing in order to trick people
    
    
    
    a person who pretends to have some special knowledge or ability or pretends to be someone else
    
    
    
    US sports :a movement (such as a pretended kick, pass, or step) that is meant to trick an opponent
    
    
    
    verb
    
    fakes; faked faking
    
    [+ obj] to make (something) seem real or true in order to trick someone
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    to change (something) in order to trick people
    
    
    
    to make a copy of (something) in order to trick people
    
    
    
    
    
    US sports
    
    [+ obj] :to pretend to do (something) in order to trick an opponent
    
    
    
    [+ obj] :to trick (an opponent) by pretending to do something
    
    
    
    
    
    [no obj] :to make a false movement in order to deceive an opponent
    
    
    
    [+ obj] :to pretend to know or to be able to do (something)
    
    
    
    fake it
    
    informal :to pretend to be something that you are not or to have some knowledge or ability that you do not really have
    
    
    
    
    
    fake out
    
    [phrasal verb]
    
    fake (someone) out or fake out (someone) chiefly US informal :to deliberately deceive (someone) :fool