Feint

[feint]

Did you ever tell your parents you were going off to school, grabbed your book bag, and headed out the door... only to spend the rest of the day hanging out with your friends? Well, that was a feint, a super sneaky move designed to fool someone.

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Feigned; counterfeit.

Noun
any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)

Verb
deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"

a.
Feigned; counterfeit.

a.
That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.

a.
A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.

v. i.
To make a feint, or mock attack.

Feint

Feint , a. [F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign. See Feign.] Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.]

Dressed up into any feint appearance of it.

Feint

Feint, n. [F. feinte, fr. feint. See Feint, a.] 1. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.

Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off.

2. A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.

Feint

Feint, v. i. To make a feint, or mock attack.

Feigned; counterfeit.

That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.

To make a feint, or mock attack.

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