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Feint
| Feint Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Feint?
[n] any distracting maneuver (as a mock attack)
[v] deceive with a feint
Synonyms | Synonyms for Feint:
Related Terms | Find terms related to Feint: acting |
aerial tactics |
affectation |
airborne tactics |
alibi |
apology |
appearance |
applied tactics |
armored tactics |
art |
artful dodge |
artifice |
attitudinizing |
bag of tricks |
barrier tactics |
befooling |
blind |
bluff |
bluffing |
bosey |
catch |
cavalry tactics |
cheat |
cheating |
chicanery |
chouse |
cloak |
color |
coloring |
commend |
compliment |
congratulate |
conspiracy |
contemn |
contrivance |
counterfeit |
coup |
cover |
cover story |
cover-up |
craft |
curve |
curve-ball |
cut |
cute trick |
deceit |
deception |
defensive strategy |
delusion |
design |
device |
dirty deal |
dirty trick |
disguise |
dissemblance |
dissembling |
dissimulation |
distraction |
diversion |
dodge |
encirclement |
excuse |
expedient |
facade |
face |
fake |
fakement |
fakery |
faking |
false air |
false front |
false move |
false show |
falsity |
fast deal |
feigning |
felicitate |
fetch |
ficelle |
fire tactics |
four-flushing |
fraud |
front |
gambit |
game |
gilt |
gimmick |
gloss |
googly |
grift |
guise |
handle |
hoax |
hocus-pocus |
home thrust |
hoodwinking |
humbug |
humbuggery |
imposture |
infantry tactics |
infiltration |
intrigue |
investment |
jab |
jig |
joker |
juggle |
jugglery |
knavery |
lame excuse |
little game |
locus standi |
lunge |
make-believe |
maneuver |
mask |
masquerade |
meretriciousness |
mob tactics |
mobile tactics |
move |
ostensible motive |
ostentation |
outward show |
pass |
pincers movement |
play |
playacting |
plot |
ploy |
poor excuse |
pose |
posing |
posture |
pretense |
pretension |
pretext |
protestation |
public motive |
put-off |
racket |
recommend |
red herring |
refuge |
representation |
resort |
ruse |
salute |
scheme |
screen |
scurvy trick |
seeming |
semblance |
sham |
shift |
shock tactics |
show |
simulacrum |
simulation |
sleight |
sleight of hand |
sleight-of-hand trick |
smoke screen |
speciousness |
stab |
stalking-horse |
stratagem |
strategy |
subterfuge |
swing |
tactic |
tactics |
thrust |
trick |
trickery |
varnish |
veil |
whizzer |
wile |
wily device |
window dressing
See Also | assume |
feign |
maneuver |
manoeuvre |
sham |
simulate |
tactical maneuver |
tactical manoeuvre
Feint In Webster's Dictionary
\Feint\, a. [F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign. See
{Feign}.]
Feigned; counterfeit. [Obs.]
Dressed up into any feint appearance of it. --Locke.
\Feint\, n. [F. feinte, fr. feint. See {Feint}, a.]
1. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a
pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off.
--Spectator.
2. A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is
intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in
fencing, boxing, war, etc.
\Feint\, v. i.
To make a feint, or mock attack.
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