fake vs false front

fake

adj
  • Insincere 

  • Not real; false, fraudulent 

noun
  • A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent. 

  • Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently. 

  • One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil. 

verb
  • To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate. 

  • To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify. 

  • To improvise, in jazz. 

  • 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. 

false front

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