pump-fake

verb

Definition of pump-fakenext
as in to stutter-step

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pump-fake
  1. stutter-step
  2. evade
  3. dodge
  4. sidestep
Verb
  • Eventually, Mbappé stepped up to take the kick, but his stutter-step kick resulted in a weak shot toward the right side of the goal, and it was saved by Yassine Bounou.
    — Joe Murphy, NBC news, 9 July 2026
  • The stutter-step approach by Bruno Guimãraes on the penalty kick failed anyway and the game remained scoreless into the first hydration break.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of stutter-step
Verb
  • Hill then apparently fled into the woods, firing off more shots, before he was later picked up, trying to bum a ride and evade police.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Carrying only a firearm that Todd left in the car’s glove compartment, Fang enlists the help of Tanker and Munch, as well as the Shelby’s AI assistant Helene (Stella Stocker), in order to locate fuel and supplies and evade the police.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of evade
Verb
  • How could anyone in the military support a repulsive, draft-dodging coward who called dead soldiers suckers and losers?
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • While fans will be doing their level best to dodge and flip past political spots on Saturday, NBC’s primetime coverage of Ohio State-USC promises to be swarming with last-ditch political messaging.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of dodge
Verb
  • Becerra played it safe with reporters, sidestepping a question about why his party hadn’t made a bigger dent in California’s affordability crisis after 16 years in the governor’s office.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • It was constructed, in part, to sidestep federal law believed to prohibit hiring targets by rewarding productions that comply rather than punishing those that do not.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of sidestep
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