deke
verb \ˈdēk\
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Definition of deke
Deked dekeing
transitive verb
: to fake (an opponent) out of position (as in
ice hockey)
intransitive verb
: to deke an opponent
deke noun
Deke originated as a
shortened form of "decoy." Ernest Hemingway used "deke" as
a noun referring to hunting decoys in his 1950 novel Across the River and into
the Trees ("I offered to put the dekes out with him"). About a decade
later, "deke" began appearing in ice-hockey contexts in Canadian
print sources as both a verb and a noun ("the act of faking an opponent
out of position").
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