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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pump-fake.
  • noun Plural form of pump-fake.

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Examples

  • Gilbert -- in his rehabilitated, unselfish and unarmed incarnation -- takes a quick look at the basket but pump-fakes, freezes a defender and instead feeds the ball to the Wizards 'glorious new small forward trailing down the middle, who takes off from the free-throw stripe for an insane, jaw-dropping dunk.

    A King for Washington: Why LeBron James should sign with the Wizards 2010

  •  Suddenly, Byrd puts the "up" move on him after Coach Dugan pump-fakes a pass to the sideline.

    High School Bards Face Tough Summer of Two-a-Day Practices 2010

  • That would also help QB Seneca Wallace, whose two big pass plays in his two starts have come off pump-fakes.

    NFL previews: Week 10 2006

  • The Bucs 'front four gave Gannon no time to breathe, no room to scramble and no love for his chic pump-fakes.

    USATODAY.com - Best and Worst of Super Bowl XXXVII 2003

  • I'm not one that usually pump-fakes the basketball, because sometimes I think my ego gets in the way.

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • "So is their ball-handling in terms of the handoffs, the keepers -- you can relate that to the pump-fakes you see in basketball or the fake pass you make against the zone defenses."

    SI.com 2011

  • There's times when he pump-fakes and does an up-and-under, where in the past that'd be easily a dunk.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Did you know Earl Monroe sparked the Crimean War, and that fluctuations in the price of crude oil are directly proportional to the number of times Dwight Howard pump-fakes?

    FanHouse Main Tom Ziller 2010

  • Did you know Earl Monroe sparked the Crimean War, and that fluctuations in the price of crude oil are directly proportional to the number of times Dwight Howard pump-fakes?

    FanHouse Main Tom Ziller 2010

  • There's times when he pump-fakes and does an up-and-under, where in the past that'd be easily a dunk.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

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