feint
To make a feint or mock attackTo make a feint or mock attack.
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Meaning
3 senses(also, intransitive, often)To make a feint or mock attack.
fintieren
финти́тьfintítʹ, лука́витьlukávitʹ, слука́витьslukávitʹ
(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).
- deceive by a mock action
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, feintedTenses
feint · feinted · will feint · have 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
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