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
The insurance goal finally came with 7:50 left to play when Sam Bennett won a race for a loose puck, dangled the puck on his stick, deked Woll in front of the net and fired a shot into the net.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
After defenseman Aaron Ekblad forced a turnover, Bennett won a race for a loose puck, deked Woll and sunk his shot with 7:50 left in the third period.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
Dreyer deked Seattle defender Jonathan Bell, cutting back on the run and then dumping the ball off to a streaking Godoy.
—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
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
After defenseman Aaron Ekblad forced a turnover, Bennett won a race for a loose puck, deked Woll and sunk his shot with 7:50 left in the third period.
—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
Dreyer deked Seattle defender Jonathan Bell, cutting back on the run and then dumping the ball off to a streaking Godoy.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deke
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Penguin Press, June 17 Image El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott After skipping town to evade a nagging creditor in 2008, Harper returns to her Detroit suburb months later to find her two older sisters, once in the throes of debt, sporting fresh highlights and driving a Lexus.—
Laura Thompson,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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The former prisoners who have continued to evade police for nearly a week include Leo Tate, Jermaine Donald, Derrick Groves, Lenton Vanburen and Antoine Massey, according to USA Today, while Corey Boyd, Gary Price, Kendell Myles, Robert Moody, and Dkenan Dennis have been re-arrested.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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But for now Illinois has dodged two major budgetary bullets.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025
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Miss Manners: What’s the best way to dodge a fishy hug?—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
13 May 2025
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“Deke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deke. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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