head fake
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A feint of a player's head meant to confuse opponents by signaling one direction before committing to anther.
noun
An ostensible direction, motivation, or reason, in contrast to some ulterior truth.
noun
A misleading movement of the stock market which inverts drastically.
Example Sentences
- "An effective speed rush will often involve a head fake by the pass rusher. To execute a head fake, the defender takes an aggressive step at the blocker or to the inside or outside of the blocker."
- "And the other thing about football is, we send our kids out to play football or soccer, swimming, whatever it is, and it's the first example of what I'm gonna call a "head fake" or "indirect learning". We actually don't what our kids to learn football. I mean yeah, it's really nice that I have a wonderful 3 point stance, and that I know how to do a chop block, and all this kind of stuff, but we send our kids out to learn much more important things. Teamwork, sportsmanship, perseverance, et cetera, et cetera. And these kinds of head fake learnings are absolutely important, and you should keep your eye out for them because they're everywhere."
- "The head fake is the pattern that causes support and resistance traders the most headaches. If a market reaches a support or resistance level and immediately reverses, it can be a straightforward move to climb on board in the direction of the reversal."