dry-lab

verb

To conduct an experiment in a fraudulent way that produces a desirable result, for example by inventing data.

“What probably happened is that some damn intelligent bureaucrat dry-labbed it.”

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Meanings

verbdry-lab (third-person singular simple present dry-labs, present participle dry-labbing, simple past and past participle dry-labbed)

present singular third person dry-labs · participle present dry-labbing · participle past dry-labbed · past dry-labbed · alternative dry lab

  1. To conduct an experiment in a fraudulent way that produces a desirable result, for example by inventing data.

    What probably happened is that some damn intelligent bureaucrat dry-labbed it.

    1 more example

    Have you ever had a lab instructor doubt your data, insisting that it is impossible and perhaps implying that he thinks you dry-labbed the whole experiment?

    1951, {unattributed}, Illinois Technograph - Volume 67 - Page 11
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dry-lab,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dry-lab.

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