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Showing words for FEINTS using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Feints

feints, festin, fients, finest, infest

5 Letter Words for Feints

entsi, feint, feist, fenis, fents, fetis, fient, fiest, fines, inset, neifs, neist, niefs, nifes, senit, senti, sient, snift, snite, stein, stife, stine, tiens, tines, tsine

4 Letter Words for Feints

efts, feis, feni, fens, fent, fest, fets, fies, fine, fins, fise, fist, fits, inst, isnt, nefs, neif, nest, neti, nets, nief, nies, nife, nist, nits, seif, seit, sent, sien, sife, sift, sine, site, snit, sten, stie, tefs, tens, tien, ties, tine, tins

3 Letter Words for Feints

efs, eft, ens, est, fei, fen, fes, fet, fie, fin, fit, ife, ifs, inf, ins, int, ise, isn, ist, its, nef, nei, net, nie, nis, nit, sei, sen, set, sie, sif, sin, sit, tef, ten, tes, tie, tin, tis, tsi

Definitions for Feints

[1] faints.
[2] 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.
[3] a feigned or assumed appearance: His air of approval was a feint to conceal his real motives.
[4] to make a feint.
[5] to make a feint at; deceive with a feint.
[6] to make a false show of; simulate.
[7] the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
[8] the leavings of the second distillation of Scotch malt whisky
[9] a variant spelling of feints
[10] a mock attack or movement designed to distract an adversary, as in a military manoeuvre or in boxing, fencing, etc
[11] a misleading action or appearance
[12] (intr) to make a feint
[13] printing the narrowest rule used in the production of ruled paper

Words related to Feints

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

Words nearby Feints

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

Origin of Feints

aints1735–45; noun use (in plural) of faint (adj.)

Words that may be confused with Feints

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, feintfain, faint, feign, feint

Word origin for Feints

C19: variant of faint

Synonyms for Feints

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