| Definitions | | feint |
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noun
- A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy
- That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
- (context, fencing, boxing, war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance
Translations: verb
- To make a feint, or mock attack.
adjective
- (obsolete) Feigned; counterfeit.
- (context, fencing, boxing, war) (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike
Etymology: pretended, from feindre to feign.
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