dry-lab

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 way that produces the desired result
   • 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?"

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

2. to make up data for an experiment that was never conducted
   • 2016, Justin Zaremba, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, "Lab tech allegedly faked result in drug case; 7,827 criminal cases now in question", NJ.com, March 02, 2016.

Usage notes

The term is often put in quotes because it is used very rarely.

Anagrams

• Bradly, drably, lybard