feint

/fˈe‍ɪnt/

/ˈfeɪnt/

to feint

MAIN VERB

deceive by a mock action

Feint

any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)

Examples

1. Work on your Feint and Parry!

2. this creates a slightly more interesting contour: instead of a simple linear rise, we have this little feint in the other direction.

3. This is a feint though, as is an attack on the south shore of Wake itself.

4. Rather than directly aiding the besieged fort, Cao Cao led his armies in a feint upriver toward Yan Ford.