[feint] n [F feinte, fr. OF, fr. feint, pp. of feindre] (1679): something feigned; specif: a mock blow or attack on or toward one part in order to distract attention from the point one really intends to attack syn see trick
[2]feint vi (1810): to make a feint ~ vt 1: to lure or deceive with a feint
2: to make a pretense of