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pump fake

pump fake noun: an act of pretending to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react.

Noun

pump fake (plural pump fakes)

  1. An act of pretending to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react.
    • Winning quarterbacks find creative ways to win, whether it is by scrambling, using a pump fake, calling an audible at the line of scrimmage, or blocking downfield for a running back.2007, Clinton O. Longenecker, Greg R. Papp, Timothy C. Stansfield, The Two-Minute Drill, page 60
    • Sure enough, instead of the drop-back pass, the quarterback gave a pump-fake and then handed off to his fullback on the draw play.2004, Pete Rose, Rick Hill, My Prison Without Bars, page 6

Forms of pump fake

pluralpump fakes

Questions about pump fake

What does pump fake mean?
Pump fake means an act of pretending to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react.
What part of speech is pump fake?
Pump fake is a noun.
What is the plural of pump fake?
The plural of pump fake is pump fakes.

Words near pump fake in the dictionary

  1. pump cars
  2. pump drill
  3. pump drills
  4. pump escape
  5. pump escapes
  6. pump fake
  7. pump fakes
  8. pump house
  9. pump houses
  10. pump iron
  11. pump jockey

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