kayfabe

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkeɪfeɪb/
• (America) IPA: /ˈkeɪˌfeɪb/

Noun

kayfabe (uncountable)

1. (professional wrestling) The act, situation, or code of portraying staged events, performances, rivalries, etc as authentic or spontaneous.
2. (figurative) Similar fakery or suspension of disbelief in other contexts.

Synonyms

• (wrestling fakery) work

Antonyms

• (wrestling fakery) shoot

Adjective

kayfabe (not comparable)

1. (professional wrestling) Of or related to kayfabe, especially forbidden to mention or show in order to maintain kayfabe.

Synonyms

• work, worked

Verb

kayfabe (kayfabes, present participle kayfabing; past and past participle kayfabed)

1. (professional wrestling) To maintain kayfabe, to deceive by staying in character.

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