feint

/ˈfānt/

borrowed from French feinte, going back to Middle French fainte, feinte "act of dissembling, subterfuge," noun derivative from feminine past participle of feindre "to fabricate, dissemble, feign

noun

  1. something feigned; specifically : a mock blow or attack on or toward one part in order to distract attention from the point one really intends to attack

trick ruse stratagem maneuver artifice wile feint mean an indirect means to gain an end. trick may imply deception, roguishness, illusion, and either an evil or harmless end. ruse stresses an attempt to mislead by a false impression.

verb

  1. to make a feint

  2. to lure or deceive with a feint

  3. to make a pretense of

adjective

  1. hardly perceptible : dim

  2. vague

  3. weak, dizzy, and likely to faint

faint handwriting

haven't the faintest idea