fake-bake

noun

A tanning salon.

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Meanings

nounfake-bake (plural fake-bakes)

plural fake-bakes · alternative fake bake

  1. datedA tanning salon.
  2. datedAn artificial tan.
  3. bakingAn unbaked food item passed off as genuinely baked.
verbfake-bake (third-person singular simple present fake-bakes, present participle fake-baking, simple past and past participle fake-baked)

present singular third person fake-bakes · participle present fake-baking · participle past fake-baked · past fake-baked · alternative fake bake

  1. intransitiveTo get an artificial or sunless tan.

Origin

From fake + bake.

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APA

fake-bake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fake-bake

MLA

“fake-bake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fake-bake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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