dry-lab

See also: dry lab

English

Alternative forms

• dry lab

Verb

dry-lab (third-person singular simple present dry-labs, present participle dry-labbing, simple past and past participle dry-labbed)

1. To conduct an experiment in a fraudulent way that produces a desirable result, for example by inventing data.

   What probably happened is that some damn intelligent bureaucrat dry-labbed it.

   • 1951, {unattributed}, Illinois Technograph - Volume 67 - Page 11

     "Have you ever had a lab instructor doubt your data, insisting that it is impossible and perhaps implying that he thinks you dry-labbed the whole experiment?"

Related terms

• dry-labber

Anagrams

• Baldry, Bradly, drably, lybard