All 7 Uses
feint
in
Harry Potter (#4) and the Goblet of Fire
(Edited)
- Krum was feinting!
Chpt 8feinting = making a deceptive move
- WRONSKI DEFENSIVE FEINT — DANGEROUS SEEKER DIVERSION read the shining purple lettering across his lenses.
Chpt 8feint = deceptive maneuver
- For the Irish Seeker had suddenly gone into a dive, and Harry was quite sure that this was no Wronski Feint; this was the real thing..."He's seen the Snitch!"
Chpt 8 *
- He was itching to get back on his own Firebolt and try out the Wronski Feint...
Chpt 9
- You can try out the Wronski Feint....
Chpt 10
- "Wronski Feint," said Harry, through gritted teeth.
Chpt 19
- The Wronski Feint, you really —
Chpt 28
Definitions:
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(1)
(feint) any distracting or deceptive maneuver; or the act of making the maneuverFeint is most typically used for physical maneuvers as when boxing, fencing, or moving troops where a mock attack diverts attention from the real attack. But it can also be used much more generally as when Charlotte Bronte wrote of "a mere feint of politeness."
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, feint is a non-standard spelling of faint in the sense of something that is barley perceptible.