dekes

present tense third-person singular of deke
as in evades
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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“Dekes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dekes. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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