feint

  1. Verb.  To make a feint, or mock attack.
  2. Adjective.  (obsolete) Feigned; counterfeit.
  3. Adjective.  (context, fencing) (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike.
  4. Noun.  A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy.
  5. Noun.  That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
  6. Noun.  (context, fencing) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance.
  7. Noun.  The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper (C19: Variant of FAINT).

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