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kayfabes

kayfabes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kayfabe.

Meaning of kayfabe

Verb

kayfabe (third-person singular simple present kayfabes, present participle kayfabing, simple past and past participle kayfabed)

  1. To maintain kayfabe, to deceive by staying in character.
    • ...Mascaras was never one of the boys. Here's an example: after his matches, he'd shower with his mask on. I understand protecting your image, but the guy was kayfabing us.2006, Eldridge Wayne Coleman & al., Tangles Ropes, p. 97

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Questions about kayfabes

What is kayfabes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Kayfabes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of kayfabe.

Words near kayfabes in the dictionary

  1. Kayes
  2. kayexalate
  3. kayf
  4. kayfabe
  5. kayfabed
  6. kayfabes
  7. kayfabing
  8. kayfs
  9. Kayhakat
  10. kayik
  11. kayiks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kayfabes (page history and authors); kayfabe (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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