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pump-faking

pump-faking is the present participle and gerund of pump-fake.

Meaning of pump-fake

Verb

pump-fake (third-person singular simple present pump-fakes, present participle pump-faking, simple past and past participle pump-faked)

  1. To pretend to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react.
    • The way he pump-fakes it in the Oval Office is really distracting.2003 December 18, "Bush Won't Put Down New Football", The Onion, available in, 2005, Embedded in America, p. 51

Questions about pump-faking

What is pump-faking the present participle and gerund of?
Pump-faking is the present participle and gerund of pump-fake.

Words near pump-faking in the dictionary

  1. pump-car
  2. pump-cars
  3. pump-fake
  4. pump-faked
  5. pump-fakes
  6. pump-faking
  7. pump-jet
  8. pump-jets
  9. pump-prime
  10. pump-primed
  11. pump-primes

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