(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.

(figurative) Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretence or stratagem.

(transitive, boxing, fencing) Direct a deceptive attack or movement intended to distract from a real attack.

(intransitive, boxing, fencing, also often military) To make a feint or mock attack.

(boxing, fencing, also often military) Of an attack or offensive movement: directed toward a different part from the intended strike.

Of lines printed on paper as a handwriting guide: not bold; faint, light; also, of such paper: ruled with faint lines of this sort.