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fakes

/feɪks/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
  2. A trick; a swindle.
  3. A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
  4. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
  5. To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
  6. To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
  7. To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
  8. One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
  9. 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.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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