单词 | faker |
释义 | fakern. Originally cant, and chiefly colloquial until the mid 20th cent. 1. A person who makes or does something, a maker. More usually (and later only) with preceding word: a person who makes or works on what is denoted by the first element (cf. fake v.2 1a). Now rare.The possibility that the word may always have been capable of being used with reference to counterfeiting or forgery (cf. sense 3a) is suggested by the existence of the earlier word ben-feaker n., although unambiguous evidence of use of faker in this specific sense is not found until later.bosh-faker, flue-faker, mushroom-faker, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > [noun] > maker or manufacturer maker1297 workera1382 preparatorc1485 opificer1548 preparer1553 manufactora1649 opifex1649 manufacturera1687 faker1688 fabricant1756 fabricator1863 prepper1970 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 168/1 Faker, maker. 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 175 Flue-faker, a chimney-sweeper. 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 84 Spunk-fakers, match-sellers. 1933 ‘G. Orwell’ Down & Out xxxii. 236 A mugfaker—a street photographer. ΚΠ 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 163 Cly-faker, a pick-pocket. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro II. iii. 29 We never calls them thieves here, but prigs and fakers. 3. a. A person who counterfeits, forges, or falsifies something, or (now rare) dishonestly modifies something; a forger, counterfeiter, or simulator; a swindler, a confidence trickster; a fraudster, a fraud. Cf. fake v.2 7.In late-19th-cent. U.S. usage sometimes spelt fakir: see fakir n. b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > forgery, falsification > [noun] > one who forges or falsifies counterfeiterc1430 falsary1435 forger1552 mangonist1605 forgerer1607 falsificator1609 duffer1735 fabricator1795 faker1819 penman1865 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 156 Bit-faker, a coiner. 1832 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 460 The principal actors in criminality may be classed under the following heads:—Housebreakers..Vulgus—Cracksmen, pannymen... Forgers..Fakers. 1872 Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 1 Nov. It was frequently possible for one of the fakers to render his companion valuable assistance, especially in a little game of draw. 1878 Puck (N.Y.) 4 Sept. 10/2 Henry Irving is very anxious..to play in my theatre... I won't have him at no price, he's a faker. 1895 Salt Lake Tribune 16 Aug. 4/1 The chief faker of news, the loud crier of ‘wolf’, was an Eastern news correspondent. 1904 Out West Aug. 202 New Mexico long enough enjoyed the sorry distinction of having a Governor notorious as faker of histories and idols. 1937 W. Lewis Revenge for Love vi. ii. 289 Tristy was predisposed to believe that Van Gogh must have been a determined and inveterate ‘faker’. 1960 H. Hayward Connoisseur's Handbk. Antique Collecting 212/2 Patination and colour pose problems to a faker. 2001 Heat 17 Nov. 105/2 Faking It. Channel 4, 9pm. Another must-see instalment of the makeover series. Tonight's faker? Posh ballet dancer..Kasper. 2018 Sunday Tribune (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 8 Apr. Always look at the bases of the ceramics because fakers often do not get these correct. b. An insincere, pretentious, or affected person; a hypocrite, a phoney. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles feigner1382 pseudo1402 simular1526 simuler1534 colourer1554 counterfeiter1561 truphane1568 counterfeit1574 put-forth1581 pretender1583 impostor1586 idol1590 would-be1607 phantasm1622 farce1696 imposture1699 Barmecide1713 simulator1835 fraud1850 sham1850 fake1855 swindle1858 shammer1861 make-believe1863 hoax1869 economizer1874 make-believer1884 ringer1896 phoney1902 faker1910 shill1976 1910 Washington Post 18 May 1/2 That Col. Roosevelt! Bah! He is a faker, a blatherskite—an advertisement of himself! 1978 Nation's Business July 24/3 People will rail against Congress as a bunch of fakers and phonies and worse. 2003 M. Murray How to make a Bird viii. 49 I felt like a faker, actually, as if I was an obvious B-type person who was trying to buy an A-person disguise. 4. Music (chiefly Jazz). A person who improvises. Cf. fake v.2 6b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > improviser improvisatrice1770 improvisateur1783 improvisator1790 improviser1824 improvisor1830 vamper1884 faker1903 noodler1937 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > jazz musician > types of faker1903 swing man1903 honky-tonker1910 Chicagoan1924 stomper1925 Dixielander1927 modernist1932 swinger1934 ride man1935 all-star1937 swingster1937 hamfat1938 mouldy fig1945 traditionalist1949 trad1951 West Coaster1954 mainstreamer1961 soulster1961 New Thinger1964 1903 Indianapolis News 28 Oct. 9/2 (advt.) Wanted—Immediately, for medicine show, singing, dancing comedians;..organ fakers preferred. 1922 Amer. Organist Jan. 25/1 The piano faker..kept the picture business going till others could get in. 1947 Billboard 22 Feb. 88/2 (advt.) Guitar man—[can] read, good faker, solid rhythm, sing trio tenor, good takeoff electric box. 2002 Louisiana Hist. 43 45 His reading abilities were not at all diminished by his gifts as a jazz ‘faker’. 5. Sport. A player who deceives an opponent by feinting a pass, etc. Cf. fake v.2 8. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > types of player side tackle1809 nose guard1852 rusher1877 goalkicker1879 quarterback1879 runner1880 quarter1883 full back1884 left guard1884 snap-back1887 snapper-back1887 running back1891 tackle1891 defensive end1897 guard1897 interferer1897 receiver1897 defensive back1898 defensive tackle1900 safety man1901 ball carrier1902 defensive lineman1902 homebrew1903 offensive lineman1905 lineman1907 returner1911 signal caller1915 rover1916 interference1920 punt returner1926 pass rusher1928 tailback1930 safety1931 blocker1935 faker1938 scatback1946 linesman1947 flanker1953 platoon player1953 corner-back1955 pulling guard1955 split end1955 return man1957 slot-back1959 strong safety1959 wide receiver1960 line-backer1961 pocket passer1963 tight end1963 run blocker1967 wideout1967 blitzer1968 1938 N.Y. Times 30 Sept. 27/1 No team of the season hit any harder..and those who managed to..get through to the ‘magnificent faker’ found to their chagrin that they had only been chasing butterflies. 1961 Washington Post 4 Oct. d5/1 Quarterback Dave Sarette is the best faker and fanciest passer the Terrapins have met thus far. 2014 Telegram & Gaz. (Mazz.) (Nexis) 12 Apr. b3 He's balanced, he's quick, he's strong, he can pivot off either foot. He's a great faker, and then he can deliver shots at different angles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1688 |
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