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fake-out

fake-out is the alternative spelling of fakeout.

Meaning of fakeout

Noun (1)

fakeout (plural fakeouts)

  1. (informal) A trick or deception.

Noun (2)

fakeout (uncountable)

  1. (Canada, US) Synonym of fakeaway (“homemade meal intended to replicate takeout food”).
    Synonyms:
    fakeaway

Forms of fake-out

pluralfake-outs

Questions about fake-out

What is fake-out the alternative spelling of?
Fake-out is the alternative spelling of fakeout.

Words near fake-out in the dictionary

  1. fake-bakes
  2. fake-baking
  3. fake-fan
  4. fake-fans
  5. fake-fen
  6. fake-out
  7. fake-outs
  8. fake-tanned
  9. fakeable
  10. fakeaway
  11. fakeaways

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fake-out (page history and authors); fakeout (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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