1. Deceive by a mock action
   "The midfielder feinted to shoot"
   - juke [N. Amer]

1. Any distracting or deceptive manoeuvre (as a mock attack)

Sounds like: faint

Derived forms: feinted, feinting, feints

Type of: assume, feign, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], sham, simulate, tactical maneuver [US], tactical manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Feint

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