as in to evade
to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement
deked the lone defenseman with a deft move of his stick and went in for the breakaway
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Recent Examples of deke
Dreyer deked Seattle defender Jonathan Bell, cutting back on the run and then dumping the ball off to a streaking Godoy.
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Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Less than a week after setting up Connor McDavid to win the 4 Nations Face-Off, Marner returned to Boston and deked his way past Jeremy Swayman for the overtime winner.
—Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Matthews failed to score on a breakaway in the early third but deked out Wolf enough to set up Knies for a tap-in and complete the assist hat trick.
—Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Stars forward Tyler Seguin walked in all alone and Thompson dropped his left pad early, anticipating Seguin would deke to the far side of the net.
—Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
This time, Thompson dropped his left pad to the ice early, because that was the direction the shooter would have to deke to get around him.
—Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Faber deked around Johnston in the slot and darted around the right side of the net, pulling a sprawling Oettinger with him.
—Joe Smith, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
On the second one, however, Winker got thrown out on the bases as the lead runner, making a puzzling decision after being deked by Kiké Hernández in center field.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Carlsson deked to Oettinger’s left with the backhand before scoring past his right skate on the forehand for a 3-2 lead.
—Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 18 Mar. 2025
Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
Less than a week after setting up Connor McDavid to win the 4 Nations Face-Off, Marner returned to Boston and deked his way past Jeremy Swayman for the overtime winner.
—Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Matthews failed to score on a breakaway in the early third but deked out Wolf enough to set up Knies for a tap-in and complete the assist hat trick.
—Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Stars forward Tyler Seguin walked in all alone and Thompson dropped his left pad early, anticipating Seguin would deke to the far side of the net.
—Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
This time, Thompson dropped his left pad to the ice early, because that was the direction the shooter would have to deke to get around him.
—Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Faber deked around Johnston in the slot and darted around the right side of the net, pulling a sprawling Oettinger with him.
—Joe Smith, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
On the second one, however, Winker got thrown out on the bases as the lead runner, making a puzzling decision after being deked by Kiké Hernández in center field.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Carlsson deked to Oettinger’s left with the backhand before scoring past his right skate on the forehand for a 3-2 lead.
—Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 18 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deke
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The key benefits of integration include: • Enhanced Threat Detection: By unifying security tools, organizations can achieve a holistic view of their threat landscape, enabling the identification of sophisticated attacks that might evade stand-alone systems.—
Bob Kruse,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2025
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His avoidance of assassination by quick reflexes to dodge a bullet's direct hit, and then rising up to display his resilience, provided a perfect tableau to emphasize his survival skills.—
Barbara A. Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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These are simply modern reformulations of the same arguments that monopolistic business interests have always used to try to dodge scrutiny and regulation.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Deke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deke. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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