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feint
acting, bluffing, coup, dissemblance, false show, guise, knavery, play, representation, smoke screen, window dressing
Definition
n.
any distracting or deceptive maneuver
Last update: September 27, 2015
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The child’s
feint
involved pretending to be ill so he would not have to face his bullies at school.
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Looking at the surveillance tapes, the security chief quickly noticed the
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the man used to steal watches from the jeweler.
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Ben-Hur
feint
ed with his right hand.
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Invasion was but a
feint
, executed by an army too weak to do much harm.
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Catlike though it was, the
feint
did not take the big fellow unprepared.
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I think I see you--
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with the right, then left, right, left.
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"It is nothing," said Willet to Robert, "or rather it is only a
feint
."
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At first his attacks were all simple, without
feint
or trickery, as were mine.
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Chester
feint
ed quickly with his left and brought his right forward as he stepped in close.
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The assault upon the center had been a
feint
--nothing more.
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Then he pivoted on his hind-legs and
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ed low for the dingo's legs.
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