- sham
- ʃæm
1. noun
(something that is pretended, not genuine: The whole trial was a sham.) juks, spill, bedrageri2. adjective(pretended, artificial or false: a sham fight; Are those diamonds real or sham?) jukse-, liksom-3. verb(to pretend (to be in some state): He shammed sleep/anger; He shammed dead; I think she's only shamming.) spille, late somhumbug--------hykleIsubst. \/ʃæm\/1) humbug, hykleri, spill, bløff• his religion is all a shamhans religion er bare hykleri2) imitasjon, etterligning• these pearls are all shamsdisse perlene er bare etterligninger3) bløffmaker, hykler4) (amer., også pillow sham) (dekorativt) putetrekkIIverb \/ʃæm\/simulere, late som, spille• he's shamming (a) headachehan later som om han har hodepine• she's only shamminghun bare later som• he shammed deadhan spilte dødIIIadj. \/ʃæm\/1) hyklersk, påtatt, fingert, skinn-• don't give me that sham pietyikke kom med slik påtatt fromhet• it was a sham attackdet var et fingert angrep2) imitert, uekte, falsk• he gave her sham pearlshan ga henne uekte perler
English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.