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| sham [ sham ] |
noun (plural shams) |
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1. something fake: something that is presented as genuine but that is not
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2. impostor: somebody who pretends to be something that he or she is not
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3. household
Same as pillow sham
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adjective |
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not genuine: not genuine and used for deception
  sham credentials
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle shammed, present participle sham·ming, 3rd person present singular shams) |
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feign something: to pretend to be experiencing a condition such as illness or an emotion in order to deceive
He shammed a migraine to avoid the exam.
Is the patient really ill or just shamming?
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| [Late 17th century. Probably variant of shame] |
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| sham·mer noun |
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