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feint

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Noun

  1. A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
  2. A blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.
  3. Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretence or stratagem.

Verb

  1. To direct (a blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack) on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.
  2. To direct a feint or mock attack against (someone).
  3. To make a feint or mock attack.

Adjective

  1. Of an attack or offensive movement: directed toward a different part from the intended strike.
  2. Feigned, counterfeit, fake.
  3. Of lines printed on paper as a handwriting guide: not bold; faint, light; also, of such paper: ruled with faint lines of this sort.

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