FEINT
(noun) any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
(verb) deceive by a mock action
"The midfielder feinted to shoot"
The boxer made a feint with his right, then followed with a left hook. -added by nithi
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Mnemonics for feint
(Tag: Faint) The boxer was faked out by his opponent's feint. He then fainted because the blow he received was very strong.
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(Tag: ) Relate it to the word feign which means to deceive
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(Tag: ) David Villa was unable to get a penalty after his pretentious faint during a feint tackle
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(Tag: ) FAINT...while playing Table Tennis I made the tubelight FAINT to distract the attention of my opponent
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(Tag: ) faith becomes feint i.e. faithless.
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(Tag: ) "Feign(pretend/fake)"+"Trick"->to deceive and trick people by feigning sth
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