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Feint

speaker

Meaning

Noun

●
In Military:
A
made to
an
; a dummy.
●
In Boxing & Fencing:
A
,
, or other
an
on some part of the body,
to
from a
on another part.
●
Something
; a
or
; a
or stratagem.

Verb

●
In Boxing & Fencing:
To
(a
,
, or other
an
) on some part of the body,
to
from a
on another part.
●
In Boxing & Fencing:
To
a
or
against (someone).
●
In Boxing, Fencing & Military:
To make a
or
attack.

Adj

●
In Boxing, Fencing & Military:
Of an
or
:
toward a different part from the
strike.
●
Feigned,
, fake.
●
Of
as a
: not
;
,
; also, of such
:
with
of this sort.
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Origin

feint
English
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feint
French
arrow
feindre
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
arrow
fingere
Latin
Sourced from
Etym

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