feint

feint is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Feigned; counterfeit. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Feigned; counterfeit.
2. adjective. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
3. adjective. A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; -- said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.
4. intransitive verb. To make a feint, or mock attack.
5. noun. any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
6. verb. deceive by a mock action

   "The midfielder feinted to shoot"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in feint:

fient

Common word forms

feints, feinted, feinter, feinting

Words from these letters

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