Definition of "feint"
- verb
To make a feint, or mock attack.
- adjective
Feigned; counterfeit.
(of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike.
- noun
A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy.
That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
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).
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