feint vs knockdown

feint

noun
  • A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy. 

  • Something feigned; a false or pretend appearance; a pretence or stratagem. 

  • 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. 

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

  • Of an attack or offensive movement: directed toward a different part from the intended strike. 

verb
  • To direct a feint or mock attack against (someone). 

  • To direct (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. 

  • To make a feint or mock attack. 

knockdown

noun
  • a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet. 

  • The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface. 

  • An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down. 

  • A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room. 

  • A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly. 

  • A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced. 

  • The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene. 

  • An overwhelming blow. 

verb
  • To employ the knockdown technique 

adj
  • To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening. 

  • reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer 

  • powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down 

  • Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal. 

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