Definition of "feint" in Anglais

noun

1. (often military) A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.

2. (boxing, fencing) A blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.

3. (figuratively) Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretence or stratagem.

verb

1. To direct (a blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack) on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.

2. To direct a feint or mock attack against (someone).

3. (intransitive, boxing, fencing, also often military) To make a feint or mock attack.

adjective

1. (boxing, fencing, also often military) Of an attack or offensive movement: directed toward a different part from the intended strike.

2. (obsolete) Feigned, counterfeit, fake.

adjective

1. Of lines printed on paper as a handwriting guide: not bold; faint, light; also, of such paper: ruled with faint lines of this sort.