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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024feint /feɪnt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a movement made to deceive an opponent.
v. [no object] - to make or deceive with a feint:The boxer feinted with his left and threw a right.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024feint (fānt),USA pronunciation n. - 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. - a feigned or assumed appearance:His air of approval was a feint to conceal his real motives.
v.i. - to make a feint.
v.t. - to make a feint at;
deceive with a feint. - to make a false show of;
simulate.
- Old French feinte, noun, nominal use of feminine of feint pretended, past participle of feindre to feign
- Middle English 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: feint /feɪnt/ n - a mock attack or movement designed to distract an adversary, as in a military manoeuvre or in boxing, fencing, etc
- a misleading action or appearance
vb - (intransitive) to make a feint
Etymology: 17th Century: from French feinte, from feint pretended, from Old French feindre to feign feint /feɪnt/ n - the narrowest rule used in the production of ruled paper
Etymology: 19th Century: variant of faint |