Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To fake.

Examples

13 sentences

  1. I got sucked in on a lot of phony deals.

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Tom is a phony.

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Tom gave a phony smile.

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. What a phony!

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Sami created a phony e-mail address.

    OsoHombre · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (“gilt brass ring used by swindlers”) (1

Of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (“gilt brass ring used by swindlers”) (1781), from Irish fáinne (“ring”).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

phonies, phonying, phonied, phonied
Base formphony · to phony
3rd person singularphonies
Present participlephonying
Past simplephonied
Past participlephonied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyphony
he, she, itphonies

Past simpleLesson

all personsphonied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave phonied
he, she, ithas phonied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill phony

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
phonogramphonographphonologyphosphatephosphorusphotoA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

phony — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto