(fāk) noun Colloq.
Anything or any person not genuine; a counterfeit.
—adjective Spurious.
—v. faked, fak·ing v.t.
1. To make up and attempt to pass off as genuine: to fake a pedigree.
2. To simulate; feign: to fake gratitude.
3. To improvise, as in music or a play.
—v.i.
4. To practice faking. [? Var. of obs. feague, feak <Du. vegen beat, dust off]

(fāk) noun Naut.
A single coil or turn of a rope or cable.
—v.t. faked, fak·ing To coil, as a rope. [Origin uncertain]