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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -phony n combining form - indicating a specified type of sound: cacophony, euphony
Etymology: from Greek -phōnia, from phōnē sound-phonic adj combining form pho•ny or pho•ney /ˈfoʊni/USA pronunciation adj., -ni•er, -ni•est, n., pl. -nies or -neys, v., -nied or -neyed, -ny•ing or -ney•ing. adj. - not real or genuine;
fake:phony diamonds. - false or deceiving;
affected or pretentious:a phony excuse.
n. - something phony;
a counterfeit or fake:That's a phony; she has the real gem! - an insincere person;
a person who pretends to be better than he or she is:What a phony he was!
v. - to falsify: [~ + up + object]to phony up a document.[~ + object + up]to phony the document up by changing the date and some figures.
pho•ni•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pho•ny (fō′nē),USA pronunciation adj., -ni•er, -ni•est, n., pl. -nies, v., -nied, -ny•ing. adj. - not real or genuine;
fake;
counterfeit:a phony diamond. - false or deceiving;
not truthful;
concocted:a phony explanation. - insincere or deceitful;
affected or pretentious:a phony sales representative.
n. - something that is phony;
a counterfeit or fake. - an insincere, pretentious, or deceitful person:He thought my friends were a bunch of phonies.
v.t. - to falsify;
counterfeit;
fabricate (often fol. by up):to phony up a document.Also, phoney.
- Irish fsptáinne), if taken to mean "false'' in the phrase fawney rig a confidence game in which a brass ring is sold as a gold one
- perh. alteration and respelling, respelled of fawney (slang) finger ring (1895–1900
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fraud, imitation, hoax.
-phony, - a combining form used in the formation of abstract nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -phone: telephony.
- Greek -phōnia; see -phone, -y3
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