feint
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
- 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.
- Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretence or stratagem.
Verb
- 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.
- To direct a feint or mock attack against (someone).
- To make a feint or mock attack.
Adjective
- Of an attack or offensive movement: directed toward a different part from the intended strike.
- Feigned, counterfeit, fake.
- 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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