feint
To direct on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another…To direct (a blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack) on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.
» The swordswoman feinted to the left before striking right.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To direct (a blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack) on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.
(rare, transitive)To direct a feint or mock attack against (someone).
(also, intransitive, often)To make a feint or mock attack.
fintieren
финти́тьfintítʹ, лука́витьlukávitʹ, слука́витьslukávitʹ
deceive by a mock action
Examples
4 sentencesThe swordswoman feinted to the left before striking right.
Mary would feint innocence, pretending she had turned in her assignments when in actuality she hadn't completed them.
Mary made a feint to Tom's right, then struck a blow of her sword to his left arm.
Mary feinted a strike to Tom's face, but then swiftly struck his torso with the tip of her sabre.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is borrowed from French feinte (“dummy, feint”), from feindre (“to fake, feign”),The noun is borrowed from French feinte (“dummy, feint”), from feindre (“to fake, feign”), from Old French feindre, faindre, from Latin fingere, the present active infinitive of fingō (“to alter the truth to deceive, dissemble, feign, pretend; to fashion, form, shape”).
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Forms
feints, feinting, feinted, feintedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle