Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Pretended; feigned.
- n. Slang A deceptive outward appearance.
- n. Slang The act of teasing or misleading someone, especially for amusement.
- n. Slang Something, such as a prank, intended as a hoax or joke; a spoof.
Wiktionary
- n. A deception, hoax, or practical joke.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- n. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
- n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
Examples
“I feel like they're being uber-respectful to dance music, and it's not a put-on and it's not some kind of post-ironicism or something.”
“If "Gris-Gris" at times flirts with schtick, the album's closer, an eight-minute incantation called "I Walk on Gilded Splinters," boils off any taint of put-on with its sinister groove, its seething invective and its backing female vocals filled with Creole curses.”
“In fact, the austerity has always been a bit of a put-on.”
“So too with the apparent shambling of his act: it is just that, a put-on.”
“Gerwig's Rose is quirky with a capital "Q", but her performance is not a put-on or a sketch comedy act.”
The Huffington Post: Turnstyle: [AFI Fest Review] The Dish & The Spoon
“She was dismissive of anyone she considered to be unimportant or – worse – uninteresting, and her "eccentricity" was more of a put-on than she cared to admit.”
The Guardian: Blow by Blow: The Story of Isabella Blow by Detmar Blow
“An American with a put-on Australian accent, a sea-nymph, was listening to us—he said she was rubbing up on him during the story, but I couldn't see it because she was on his other side.”
“And either was the hit-and-run Albert Pujols "put-on himself" in the 7th inning of Game Five, a key move that led to Allen Craig getting thrown out.”
The Guardian: St Louis Cardinals 10 Texas Rangers 9 - as it happened | World Series Game 6
“As noted in my last post, Authorers are gaining traction, right up there with Birthers and Truthers, after Bill Ayers 'put-on about ghostwriting Barack Obama's Dreams for my Father was taken as gospel by a colony of right-wing gulls.”
“That would never happen now, or if it did, it would be a put-on.”
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