Feint in English dictionary

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    Meanings and definitions of "Feint"

    • To make a feint, or mock attack.
    • (obsolete) Feigned; counterfeit.
    • (fencing, boxing, war) (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike
    • A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy
    • That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
    • (fencing, boxing, war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance
    • The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper (C19: Variant of FAINT)
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Feigned; counterfeit.
    • adjective
      (fencing, boxing, war)
      (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike
    • noun
      A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy
    • noun
      That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem
    • noun
      ( fencing, boxing, war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance
    • noun
      The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper (C19: Variant of FAINT)
    • verb
      To make a feint, or mock attack.
    • a movement made to confuse the opponent
    • noun
      any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
    • verb
      deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"

    Synonyms of "Feint" in English dictionary

    simulate, tactical manoeuvre, tactical maneuver are the top synonyms of "Feint" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Feint

    • feint ( plural  feints)
    • feint ( not comparable)
    • feint ( third-person singular simple present feints, present participle feinting, simple past and past participle feinted)
    • feint (not comparable)
    • feint (plural feints)
    • feint (third-person singular simple present feints, present participle feinting, simple past and past participle feinted)
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