feint Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
  2. verb deceive by a mock action
    • The midfielder feinted to shoot

WordNet

Feint adjective
Etymology
F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign. See Feign.
Definitions
  1. Feigned; counterfeit. Obs.
    Dressed up into any feint appearance of it. Locke.
Feint noun
Etymology
F. feinte, fr. feint. See Feint, a.
Definitions
  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 intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make a feint, or mock attack.

Webster 1913