To make a feint; make a pretended blow, thrust, or attack at one point when another is intended to be struck, in order to throw an antagonist off his guard.
noun.
An assumed or false appearance, or simulation; a pretense of doing something not really done.
noun.
A movement made with the object of deceiving an adversary or throwing him off his guard; an appearance of aiming at one part or point when another is the real object of attack, as in boxing, fencing, battle, or a contest of any kind; a mock attack.
Counterfeit; seeming; feigned: same as faint, 1.
Same as faint, 2.
noun.
plural See faint, n., 2.