Associations to the word «Feint»

Wiktionary

FEINT, verb. To make a feint, or mock attack.
FEINT, adjective. (obsolete) Feigned; counterfeit.
FEINT, adjective. (fencing) (boxing) (war) (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike
FEINT, noun. A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy
FEINT, noun. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
FEINT, noun. (fencing) (boxing) (war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance
FEINT, noun. The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper (C19: Variant of FAINT)
FEINT OF HEART, noun. Misspelling of faint of heart.

Dictionary definition

FEINT, noun. Any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack).
FEINT, verb. Deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope