All 5 Uses
feint
in
Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer
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- She would keep repeating the same pattern — feint and run, feint and run — until she found a hole through my defenders.†
Chpt 3 *
- She would keep repeating the same pattern — feint and run, feint and run — until she found a hole through my defenders.†
Chpt 3
- He was intent on Jasper, both of them feinting as he closed the distance.†
Chpt 18
- Both sides are feinting......No, let Sam lead.†
Chpt 24
- With a strangled screech, Victoria darted out of the trees again, feinting to the side.†
Chpt 24
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.