"head fake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: head fakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} head fake (plural head fakes)
  1. (sports) A player's movement of the head as if to change direction, hoping to mislead pursuers. Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-head_fake-en-noun-Ddd45exL Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (by extension) Any analogously misleading situation, such as a brief rise before a fall on the stock market. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-head_fake-en-noun-wA0VWn05 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58

Inflected forms

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