Definition of "feint" []

• A feigned attack designed to draw defensive action away from an intended target. (noun)
• A deceptive action calculated to divert attention from one's real purpose. See Synonyms at wile. (noun)
• To make a feint. (verb-intransitive)
• To deceive with a feint. (verb-transitive)
• To make a deceptive show of. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Anyway, this is probably the closest to "classical" rag style that I've ever gotten, the D strain feint towards the Neapolitan notwithstanding."
• "Turns out, "Choral" is a record label feint, a sonorous if deceptive introduction to the New York duo that was never intended to represent their oeuvre."
• "Have the dumb Democrats, who think that just because the United States established war policies at the Nuremburg Trials, they must follow them; ever heard of the boxing technique called a feint punch or the legendary chess move called the "ghost knight gambit"?"