Feint
WordNet
noun
(1) Any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
verb
(2) Deceive by a mock action
"The midfielder feinted to shoot"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
, from feindre ("to feign")
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
Verb
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