deke

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Editorial note

Disagree completely, the deke is my favorite play in baseball.

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Quick take

As in hockey, a fake or other move to confuse other players on a team.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of deke gathered in one view.

noun

As in hockey, a fake or other move to confuse other players on a team.

noun

A male given name.

noun

(ice hockey) A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for deke.

noun

As in hockey, a fake or other move to confuse other players on a team.

noun

A male given name.

noun

(ice hockey) A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.

verb

(ice hockey) To execute a deke in ice hockey or other sports.

Example sentences

Disagree completely, the deke is my favorite play in baseball.

You could technically have a player deke between every player and score a goal or basket, but that would essentially be impossible in football.

He was Deke Slayton, a Mercury and Apollo astronaut[2].

To circle back to your point, I now feel Google’s Don’t be evil was a deke, a fake and was all about building reputation which they leveraged for market share.

Also with something like ice skating all your improvements are very noticeable and it feels really good to master a new skill or pull off a deke or score a goal in a game.

What about the Mercury Seven: Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and Deke Slayton?

Martin Strange Angel - George Pendle Farewell to Reality - Jim Baggott Moon Shot - Jay Barbree, Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton Seven Elements That Changed the World - John Browne Time Travel in Einstein's Universe - J.

I am sure that it wasn't up to the snuff based on what we know now and that some groups (read, Deke Slayton) in the Government didn't take it seriously, but there are a few things that are (arguably) portrayed incorrectly.

The player was most likely expecting the goalie to stop at some point and start backing up, and he was probably waiting for that to happen so he could deke (move around the goalie while he's immobilized from stopping) and get an easy open net score.

Quote examples

In other words, you want to "deke" [1] out of the way from these vitamins.

[3] According to Deke Slayton the "chief astronaut" who made flight selections, Grissom was on track to be a moonwalker.

[1] it's a play on words and a homonym, "deke" comes from hockey where you dodge or fake out an opponent to get around them.

Proper noun examples

Edit: Here's what a markov.js remix of William Gibson's Burning Chrome looks like: >Los Angeles was a dream, responsive to Deke's slightest thought.

Deke Slayton was the only Skylab astronaut to die of a brain tumor.

Deke Slayton and the other administrators, wisely, knew that he would be a better First Man than someone like Aldrin, who can be described in the most charitable of terms as a fame whore.