Feint
[feɪnt] or [fent]
Definition
(noun.) any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack).
(verb.) deceive by a mock action; 'The midfielder feinted to shoot'.
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Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Pretence, clap-trap, false appearance.[2]. (Mil.) Mock attack, pretended movement.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FEIGN]
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Definition
n. a false appearance: a pretence: a mock-assault: a deceptive movement in fencing boxing &c.—v.i. to make a feint.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
A pugilist's bluff.
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Examples
- Young Jerry, who had only made a feint of undressing when he went to bed, was not long after his father. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He makes a feint of offering a protest, but she sweeps it away with her disdainful hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The most crafty of her many subtleties was her feint of seeking to make the children fonder of me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His feint of thrusting, followed instantly by a happily delivered blow which unhelmeted the Parthian, was received with hearty applause. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- May not even this be a feint that will increase your triumph by affording a wider scope for your revenge? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Under cover of night our right wing was withdrawn to the north side of the river, Lee being completely deceived by Wilson's feint. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- No matter which, said the mask, sighing, or making a feint to sigh. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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