Deke

Word DEKE
Character 4
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /diːk/

Definitions and meanings of "Deke"

What do we mean by deke?

To deceive (an opponent) in ice hockey by a fake. transitive verb

A fake, intended to deceive a member of an opposing team in ice hockey. noun

A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or other defender. noun

A series of feints, fakes, or other moves made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or other defender. noun

A quick detour. noun

To avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery. verb

To execute a deke. verb

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

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

A quick detour.

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The word "deke" in example sentences

This makes her very attractive to any gobblers, so be sure this deke is highly visible, up on a small knoll or hump if possible. ❋ Unknown (2005)

` ` Usually, I kind of deke, '' Mitchell said of his shootout goal, ` ` so that time I told myself, 'You know what? ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Hideki threw it low, so I could kind of deke the runner." ❋ Unknown (2003)

"Usually, I kind of deke," Mitchell said of his shootout goal, "so that time I told myself, ❋ Unknown (2009)

Every hair on his body stood up and he started slowly circling the deke in a wide arc, first along the far side, then round to the near, and eventually straight downwind of the imposter, not 5 yards from the base of my tree. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When the deke reaches the end of the cord, the block hesitates, then swims back to the other side. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Instead of trying to deke Miller, Crosby surprised him by sliding the puck beneath him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you have a lot of speed, you usually don't deke too much and we had good back pressure, which is all I could really ask for and luckily made the save. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Midway through the second period, Leblanc blazed up the left side, beat the defense with a tremendous burst of speed and cut sharply for the net where he deftly deposited a scintillating goal following a blurry fast deke, all while being hauled down from behind. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You don't want any slack between the deke and the line to get the best movement when you jerk the cord. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you do use a deke avoid set ups where he can spot the decoy from long distance. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Stanislav Galiev converted a nifty deke in the shootout this morning to lift White to a 6-5 shootout victory over Red in the second scrimmage of Capitals development camp. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Oh, and I think the deke in hockey, not dunk... you dunk in basketball... ❋ Unknown (2010)

After Marty Turco stopped Alex Burrows 'deke, Neal, who started the comeback with a pretty pass to Modano late in the first period, beat LaBarbera over the blocker. ❋ Unknown (2008)

` ` I actually was thinking before I went out there I wanted to shoot (right away) because (Williams) and (Rick Nash) tried to deke him and I saw he had really quick legs, '' Huselius said. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Stamkos beat Tomas Vokoun with a deke to the backhand for the win for Tampa Bay, which rallied from a 3-1 deficit. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He was trying to deke out the security guys, and then a couple of more people came out on the field. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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