Faking may refer to:
Music
edit- Miming in instrumental performance (pretending to play an instrument)
- Faking (Western classical music) (pretending to play a difficult section of orchestral music)
- Lip-synching (pretending to sing in a concert)
- Backing track (using pre-recorded music in a live show)
- Faking (jazz) (providing improvised accompaniment in jazz)
Other contexts
edit- Fake news
- Fake orgasm
- Poseur (a person pretending to be part of a subculture)
- Charlatan (a person pretending to be a member of a certain profession)