fake-bake

English

Alternative forms

• fake bake

Etymology

From fake +‎ bake.

Noun

fake-bake (plural fake-bakes)

1. (dated) A tanning salon.
2. (dated) An artificial tan.
3. (baking) An unbaked food item passed off as genuinely baked.

Verb

fake-bake (third-person singular simple present fake-bakes, present participle fake-baking, simple past and past participle fake-baked)

1. (intransitive) To get an artificial or sunless tan.