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Word: feint (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • obsolete Feigned; counterfeit.
  • fencing|boxing|war (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike

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Noun:

  • A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy
  • fencing|boxing|war An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance
  • That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
  • The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper (C19: Variant of FAINT)

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Verb:

  • To make a feint, or mock attack.

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