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Definition of sham verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

sham

verb

NAmE//ʃæm//

[intransitive, transitive] sham (something) + adj.Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they sham

he / she / it shams

past simple shammed

-ing form shamming

to pretend something Is he really sick or is he just shamming?

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