feint

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Synonyms: faint, flint, fent, feist, feind, fein, feit, feine, fint, teint, ceint

Antonyms: faint, flint, fent, feist, feind, fein, feit, feine, fint, teint, ceint

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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. To direct a feint or mock attack against (someone).
2. 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.
3. To direct a feint or mock attack against (someone).
4. 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.

Adjective

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