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feint attack

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  • Feint — is a French term that entered English from the discipline of fencing.[citation needed] Feints are maneuvers designed to distract or mislead, done by giving the impression that a certain maneuver will take place, while in fact another, or even… …   Wikipedia

  • Feint — Feint, n. [F. feinte, fr. feint. See {Feint}, a.] 1. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch. [1913 Webster] Courtley s letter is but a feint to get off. Spectator. [1913 Webster] 2. A mock blow or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • feint — [fānt] n. [Fr feint < pp. of feindre: see FEIGN] 1. a false show; sham 2. a pretended blow or attack intended to take the opponent off his guard, as in boxing or warfare vi., vt. to deliver (such a blow or attack) …   English World dictionary

  • Feint — Feint, v. i. To make a feint, or mock attack. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • feint — (n.) 1670s, from Fr. feinte a feint, sham, abstract noun from O.Fr. feint (13c.) false, deceitful, originally fem. pp. of feindre (see FEIGN (Cf. feign)). Borrowed late 13c. as adj., but now obsolete in that sense. The verb is from early 14c.,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • feint — [n] pretense artifice, bait, blind, bluff, cheat, deceit, distraction, dodge, duck, expedient, fake, gambit, hoax, hoodwinking*, imposture, make believe, maneuver, mock attack, play, ploy, pretension, pretext, ruse, sham*, shift, snare, stall,… …   New thesaurus

  • Attack (fencing) — In fencing, an attack is the first offensive movement of a phrase. Tactical significance The purpose of an attack is either to make a hit or to provoke a defensive reaction. In order to do either, the attacker must create a realistic threat. A… …   Wikipedia

  • feint — /faynt/, n. 1. a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer. 2. a feigned or assumed… …   Universalium

  • feint — I. noun Etymology: French feinte, from Old French, from feint, past participle of feindre Date: 1644 something feigned; specifically a mock blow or attack on or toward one part in order to distract attention from the point one really intends to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • feint — The noun feint [17] and the adjective feint [19] are essentially different words, but they have a common ultimate origin. Feint ‘misleading mock attack’ was borrowed from French feinte, a noun use of the feminine form of the past participle of… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • feint — The noun feint [17] and the adjective feint [19] are essentially different words, but they have a common ultimate origin. Feint ‘misleading mock attack’ was borrowed from French feinte, a noun use of the feminine form of the past participle of… …   Word origins

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