Feint

Verb

 * 1) To make a feint, or mock attack.

Adjective

 * 1)  Feigned; counterfeit.
 * 2)  (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike

Noun

 * 1) A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy
 * 2) That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
 * 3)  An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance
 * 4) The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper (C19: Variant of FAINT)

Adjectives for Feint
preliminary; solitary; diplomatic.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
feint:, from feindre ("to feign")

Translations

 * Dutch: schijnbeweging
 * Italian:


 * Russian: финт
 * Spanish: ,

Verb
feint



Anagrams

 * fient