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kayfabing

kayfabing is the present participle and gerund 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 kayfabing

What is kayfabing the present participle and gerund of?
Kayfabing is the present participle and gerund of kayfabe.

Words near kayfabing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kayfabing (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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