faking injury
Pretending to hurt
Faking injury is pretending to be hurt, typically to gain advantage in sports or avoid responsibility.
Athletes fake injuries to draw fouls, stop the clock, or get opponents penalized: The referee wasn't fooled by his faking injury.
The practice is also called diving, flopping, or simulation depending on the sport.
- feigningPretending to feel something
- playing possumFaking death defensively
- malingeringFabricating symptoms for gain
- floppingFalling loosely, without control
- taking a diveIntentionally losing a contest
diving · exaggerating · limping · writhing · grimacing · simulation · embellishment · theatrics · clutching · rolling · wincing · pretending · deceiving · milking · selling · acting · dramatic · flop
- prison escapesjailbreak, breakout, escapee, tunneling, disguise
- dirty playcheap shot, cheap shots, dirty play, foul play, late hit
- feintsfeint, fake, juke, deke, head fake
- foulslow blow, headbutt, eye gouge, biting, rabbit punch