up-fake

noun

\ ˈəp-ˈfāk

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Definition of up-fake

: a fake in which a player makes an upward movement to simulate starting to take a shot … senior guard Natalie Ventress had the Mustangs fooled with a nice up-fake and right-handed layup finish.— Hayes Clement

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up-fake verb, transitive + intransitive

Leonard later bulled his way by James to the rim, up-faked and then made a floating jumper over the Cavaliers forward. — The Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Tribune

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The first known use of up-fake was in 1982

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