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How to pronounce “feint”
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Pronunciation guide for feint
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of feint with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Phishing for Phools
But basically, it was a feint to try to get people confused,
- Definition summary
- (often military) A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
Example 1 of 2
How to pronounce feint
Phishing for Phools
But basically, it was a feint to try to get people confused,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “feint”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (often military) A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
- (boxing, fencing) A blow, thrust, or other offensive movement resembling an attack on some part of the body, intended to distract from a real attack on another part.
- (figuratively) Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretence or stratagem.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, boxing, fencing)
- (intransitive, boxing, fencing, also often military) To make a feint or mock attack.
- [Adjective]
- (boxing, fencing, also often military) Of an attack or offensive movement: directed toward a different part from the intended strike.
- (obsolete) Feigned, counterfeit, fake.
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