feinting
present participle offeint
feint
verb[IorT]
uk/feɪnt/us/feɪnt/topretendtomove, or to make amove, in aparticulardirectioninordertodeceiveanopponent,especiallyinsportssuch asfootballorboxing:
[+ to infinitive]Callas feintedtopasstheballand thenshotit into thenet.
He feinted ashotto theleft.
Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- football pools
- footgolfer
- formation
- foul throw
- four five one
- four four two
- nutmeg
- premiership
- professional foul
- promedios
- rabona
- reducer
- relegation zone
- sweeper
- woodwork
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Fighting sports
Cheating & tricking
Examplesoffeinting
feinting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
At the same time, the extent of it is too great and the effort is too determined for it to be simply regarded as afeintingor probing tactic.
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Afterfeintingdefeat and fleeing into his formation, he would begin to wave his own flags profusely.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Before striking, they often perform a good deal of preliminary rattling andfeinting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.All the skills of inside forward play dribbling,feinting, correct positioning and accurate passing are his to command.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was afeintingtactic which had not been seen before and has rarely been imitated since.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The central character then stands, often after some brief playfulfeintingand false starts among all three challengers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Feintingdefeat, she tricks the brothers and swallows them both.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The new government's first aim being to bring back the public order, while at the same timefeintingto acclaim the revolutionary forces which had just triumphed.
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