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sham  audio  (shm) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine; a spurious imitation.
  2. The quality of deceitfulness; empty pretense.
  3. One who assumes a false character; an impostor: "He a man! Hell! He was a hollow sham!" (Joseph Conrad).
  4. A decorative cover made to simulate an article of household linen and used over or in place of it: a pillow sham.
ADJECTIVE:
Not genuine; fake: sham diamonds; sham modesty.
VERB:
shammed, sham·ming, shams
VERB:
tr.
To put on the false appearance of; feign: "shamming insanity to get his tormentors to leave him alone" (John Wain).
VERB:
intr.
To assume a false appearance or character; dissemble.
ETYMOLOGY:
Perhaps dialectal variant of shame

OTHER FORMS:
shammer(Noun)


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