pass oneself off as
play like
come
come it
LARP
pretendingly
make believe
impersonate
go through the motions
fake it till one makes it
phony
extract the urine
feign
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outpretend
mask
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impersonation
fakeable
show willing
pappyshow
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fakeness
play
act as
goof on
act
take the pee
actualize
play the fool
be
vary
loblolly
outfake
pretendedly
make
misrecognize
keep it one hundred
fake it
gasface
clown
harlotize
copy
pretense
feigning
play possum
dissembling
dummy up
affectatious
dummy
pretence
veneer
sport
daft as a brush
suppositious
illusionistic
happy corner
unveracious
do
fakehood
pretendership
take the piss
faker
show
appearance
self-mockingly
have on
pose
personate
mock
roleplay
kid on
parody
dissimulate
play along
sham
intend
dissemble
duckroll
realizingly
priss
mimic
posture
pragmatise
style it out
put-up
pretendant
swag it out
keep it a buck
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affectatious
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suppositious
illusionistic
unveracious
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self-mockingly
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imposture
impersonation
fakeness
pretense
feigning
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pretence
fakehood
pretendership
faker
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sham
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play like
come
come it
LARP
make believe
impersonate
go through the motions
fake it till one makes it
phony
extract the urine
feign
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mask
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pappyshow
impersonalize
play
act as
goof on
act
take the pee
actualize
play the fool
be
vary
loblolly
outfake
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misrecognize
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pose
personate
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pragmatise
style it out
swag it out
sham
keep it a buck
verb
verb
verb
- To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of.
- To do something by chance, without intending to do it.
- To carry through; to succeed in.
- To begin to have an opinion or feeling.
- To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
- To become butter by being churned.
- Happen.
- To have a certain social background.
- To move from further away to nearer to.
- To move towards the listener.
- To move towards the object that is the focus of the sentence.
- To appear, to manifest itself.
- To be or have been a resident or native.
- To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
- To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
- To move towards an unstated agent.
- To move towards the speaker.
- To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
- To move towards the agent or subject of the main clause.
- To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
- To germinate.
- To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
- To arrive.
- To have been brought up by or employed by.
prep
noun
intj
verb
- To disguise as something else.
- To set or unset (certain bits, or binary digits, within a value) by means of a bitmask.
- To bewilder; confuse.
- To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.
- To conceal or disguise one's autism.
- To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.
- To disable (an interrupt, etc.) by setting or unsetting the associated bit.
- To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.
- To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.
- (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.
- To take part as a masker in a masquerade.
- to cover or shield a part of a design or picture in order to prevent reproduction or to safeguard the surface from the colors used when working with an air brush or painting
- To mash.
- To cover or keep in check.
- To wear a mask.
- To be infused or steeped.
noun
- The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.
- A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection.
- That which disguises; a pretext or subterfuge.
- A person wearing a mask.
- A pattern of bits used in bitwise operations; bitmask.
- A two-color (black and white) bitmap generated from an image, used to create transparency in the image.
- mesh
- The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.
- In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.
- A festive entertainment of dancing or other diversions, where all wear masks; a masquerade.
- Mash.
- The head of a fox, shown face-on and cut off immediately behind the ears.
- A social phenomenon where autistic people learn, practice, and perform certain behaviors and suppress others in order to appear more neurotypical.
- A flat covering used to block off an unwanted portion of a scene or image.
- A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.
- A screen for a battery.
noun
verb
- To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
- To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
- To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
- To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to)
adj
verb
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
verb
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- be suitable for theatrical performance
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
noun
verb
- To exist or behave in a certain way.
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
- Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by an adjective.
- To occur, to take place.
- Used to link a subject to a measurement.
- Used to express future action as well as what is due to, intended to, or should happen.
- Used to state the age of a subject in years.
- Used to form the continuous aspect.
- To occupy a place.
- Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
- To exist.
- Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
- Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
- Used to indicate the time of day.
- Used to link two noun clauses, the first of which is a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place), and the second of which is a period of time indicating how long ago that day was.
- Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
- To tend to do, often do; marks the habitual aspect.
- Used to form the passive voice.
- Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs; this was more common in archaic use, especially with verbs indicating motion. "He is finished", and "He is gone" are common, but "He is come" is archaic.
- Used to indicate that the subject is an instance of the predicate nominal.
- Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
- To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
- Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
noun
verb
- To be or act different from the usual.
- To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
- To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.
- Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
- To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
- To change with time or a similar parameter.
- To display differences.
verb
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- engage in
- give certain properties to something
- make or cause to be or to become
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- create by artistic means
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- create or design, often in a certain way
- to compose or represent
- reach a goal
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- perform, produce, or carry out
- make by combining materials and parts
- change from one form into another
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- charge with a function; charge to be
- achieve a point or goal
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- institute, enact, or establish
- carry out or commit
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- organize or be responsible for
- put in order or neaten
- head into a specified direction
- have a bowel movement
- undergo fabrication or creation
- be suitable for
- add up to
- amount to
- constitute the essence of
- appear to begin an activity
- proceed along a path
- reach in time
- gather and light the materials for
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- induce to have sex
- assure the success of
- consider as being
- calculate as being
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- favor the development of
- develop into
- behave in a certain manner
- eliminate urine
noun
verb
noun
verb
- To imitate.
- To produce an object identical to a given object.
- To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
- To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
- To receive a transmission successfully.
noun
- The text of newspaper articles.
- Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.
- The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
- The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
- A school work pad.
- A printed edition of a book or magazine.
- The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
- An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
- The text that is to be typeset.
- A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy.
verb
- To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
- To display; to have as a notable feature.
- To close (a door).
- To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
- To amuse oneself, to play.
- To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
- To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
- To represent by any kind of play.
noun
- Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
- A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
- Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
- A sportsman; a gambler.
- One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
- A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
- A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
- Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
- Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
- A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
verb
- To impersonate or depict.
- To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
- To suffice.
- To finish.
- To fare, perform (well or poorly).
- To have (as an effect).
- To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
- A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
- A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
- To take drugs.
- To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
- To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned.
- To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
- To be reasonable or acceptable.
- To have sex with. (See also do it)
- To have as one's job.
- To cook.
- To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
- To punish for a misdemeanor.
- To make or provide.
- A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
- To treat in a certain way.
- To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
- A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
- Let’s do New York also.
- To kill.
- To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
- To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time)
- To injure (one's own body part).
- To perform; to execute.
- To cheat or swindle.
num
noun
noun
- pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression
- an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment
- something intended to communicate a particular impression
verb
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
- provide evidence for
- make visible or noticeable
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give expression to
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- be or become visible or noticeable
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- give evidence of, as of records
- take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums
- finish third or better in a horse or dog race
noun
- A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
- A decorative cover for a pillow.
- A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
- Trickery, hoaxing.
- Champagne.
verb
- To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
- To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
- To deceive, cheat, lie.
adj
verb
- To pretend; counterfeit; simulate.
- To apply with energy.
- To design mechanically or artistically; fashion; mold.
- To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon
- To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.
- To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.
- To strain; make tense.
adj
- Mock, pretended.
- Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
- Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
noun
- An imitation.
- A comic who does impressions.
- An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator.
- A mime.
verb
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