Finte — meaning in English

English meaning

• feint noun A deceptive move meant to distract an opponent from a real attack.
• ruse noun A clever trick or scheme meant to deceive someone.
• trick noun An action meant to deceive, fool, or outsmart someone.

Senses

Finte is used for these senses in English:

• feint (often, military) A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
• ruse (countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.
• trick Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
• twaite shad A fish in the herring family Clupeidae, Alosa fallax, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

feint — full definition

1. noun A deceptive move meant to distract an opponent from a real attack.
2. verb To make a deceptive move to distract an opponent.

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