up-fake

noun

ˈəp-ˈfāk 

: 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

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

Examples of up-fake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tatum then isolated against the Spurs big man, fooled him with an up-fake, finished at the rim and smiled after being shoved to the ground. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for up-fake

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• daybreak
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• headache