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Definition of feint verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

feint

verb
 
/feɪnt/
 
/feɪnt/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they feint
 
/feɪnt/
 
/feɪnt/
he / she / it feints
 
/feɪnts/
 
/feɪnts/
past simple feinted
 
/ˈfeɪntɪd/
 
/ˈfeɪntɪd/
past participle feinted
 
/ˈfeɪntɪd/
 
/ˈfeɪntɪd/
-ing form feinting
 
/ˈfeɪntɪŋ/
 
/ˈfeɪntɪŋ/
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  1. (especially in sport) to confuse your opponent by making them think you are going to do one thing when you are really going to do something else
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French feinte, past participle (used as a noun) of feindre ‘feign’.
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