Feint Definition

fānt
feinted, feinting, feints
noun
A military attack or maneuver that is meant to divert attention away from a planned point of attack.
American Heritage
A false show; sham.
Webster's New World
A body movement that is intended to divert another's attention, often by being deliberately left uncompleted.
American Heritage
A pretended blow or attack intended to put the opponent off guard, as in boxing or warfare.
Webster's New World
A deceptive action calculated to divert attention from one's real purpose.
American Heritage
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verb
To deliver (such a blow or attack)
Webster's New World
To make a feint.
American Heritage
To deceive with a feint.
He feinted his opponent with a left hook.
American Heritage
To do or perform as a feint.
Feinted a punch.
American Heritage
adjective
(fencing, boxing, war) (of an attack) Directed toward a different part from the intended strike.
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Other Word Forms of Feint

Noun

Singular:
feint
Plural:
feints

Origin of Feint

  • French feinte from Old French from past participle of feindre to feign feign

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French feint (“pretended”), from Old French feindre ("to feign")

    From Wiktionary

Feint Sentence Examples

  • Invasion was but a feint, executed by an army too weak to do much harm.

  • Grant felt that this was a mere feint to screen some other move.

  • This game was not for the feint of heart.

  • On the day of the above battle Massena, having destroyed what guns he could not horse, and skilfully gained time by a feint against Abrantes, began his retreat from before the lines, through Coimbra and Espinhal.

  • Then, after a feint of passing on into Spain, Wellington rapidly marched south and, with 2 2,000 men, laid siege to Badajoz (March 17, 1812), Hill with 30,000 covering the siege near Merida.

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