• Pump-fake

    Full definition of pump-fake

    Verb

    1. (sports) To pretend to throw or shoot the ball in order to make a defender react.
      • 2003 December 18, "Bush Won't Put Down New Football", The Onion, available in, 2005, Embedded in America, ISBN 1400054567, p. 51:"The way he pump-fakes it in the Oval Office is really distracting."

    Noun

    1. (sports) Alternative spelling of pump fake
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