feigning

Verb

feign (third-person singular simple present feigns, present participle feigning, simple past and past participle feigned)

1. To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
   • The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.

   Synonyms:

   front, put on airs

2. To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
   • He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.
3. To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.
   • Cahill was beaten far too easily for Miller's goal, although the striker deserves the credit for the way he controlled Alan Hutton's right-wing delivery, with his back to goal, feigned to his left then went the other way and pinged a splendid left-foot shot into Hart's bottom right-hand corner.14 August 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland”, in The Guardian