- 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.
- a feigned or assumed appearance: His air of approval was a feint to conceal his real motives.
- to make a feint: He feinted left, then struck his opponent with a roar.
- to make a feint at; deceive with a feint.
- to make a false show of; simulate.
- a mock attack or movement designed to distract an adversary, as in a military manoeuvre or in boxing, fencing, etc
- a misleading action or appearance
- to make a feint
- the narrowest rule used in the production of ruled paper
