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/Sounds like "FEEN" (as in "feet") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

In football and other sports, a deceptive body movement to make the opponent think you are going one way before cutting the other direction. A well-executed finta leaves the defender completely off balance and out of position.

Examples

He faked out the defender and went clean through toward the goal.

With that one feint he left two defenders completely flat-footed.

Word family
Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Uruguay
Bandera de Chile
Bandera de Colombia
Amague

To pass the buck, to dodge responsibility by pushing it onto someone else. Like tossing a ball to the next person so you do not have to deal with it. Common in Argentina and Uruguay when talking about people who avoid taking ownership of a problem.