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Definitions for Feint

[1] a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
[2] a feigned or assumed appearance: His air of approval was a feint to conceal his real motives.
[3] to make a feint.
[4] to make a feint at; deceive with a feint.
[5] to make a false show of; simulate.
[6] faints.
[7] a mock attack or movement designed to distract an adversary, as in a military manoeuvre or in boxing, fencing, etc
[8] a misleading action or appearance
[9] (intr) to make a feint
[10] printing the narrowest rule used in the production of ruled paper
[11] the leavings of the second distillation of Scotch malt whisky

Words related to Feint

ruse, blind, stratagem, bait, cheat, artifice, hoax, pretension, fake, pretext, duck, ploy, imposture, dodge, maneuver, play, bluff, wile, deceit, snare

Words nearby Feint

feigned, feijoa, feijoada, feininger, feinschmecker, feint, feints, feira de santana, feirie, feisal i, feisal ii

Origin of Feint

1275–1325; Middle English < Old French feinte, noun use of feminine of feint pretended, past participle of feindre to feign

Words that may be confused with Feint

fain, faint, feign, feint

Word origin for Feint

C19: variant of faint

Synonyms for Feint

ruse, artifice, bait, blind, bluff, cheat, deceit, distraction, dodge, duck, expedient, fake, gambit, hoax, hoodwinking, imposture, make-believe, maneuver, play, ploy, pretension, pretext, sham, shift, snare, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile, mock attack