feint
A movement made to confuse an opponentA movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
» The swordswoman feinted to the left before striking right.
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3 senses(often)A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
Finte
финтfint, притво́рствоpritvórstvo
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.
(figuratively)Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretence or stratagem.
- any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
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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