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
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.
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Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Then after Hertl deked through Charlie McAvoy, Swayman came up with a big stop on Hertl’s backhander.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 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
After a pass to Samuel Girard, MacKinnon got the puck back in the high slot, deked by Trenin and then snapped a shot past Minnesota goalie Marc-Andre Fleury with 1:08 remaining in the second.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
However, goals from Bobby McMann and Nick Robertson pulled the Leafs within one heading into the third, and William Nylander deked Samuel Montembeault out of his skates to tie it in the opening minute of the third.
—Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 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
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
Roberts, however, said Rojas was trying to deke the runner at first base to prevent him from going to second, putting a glove up as nothing more than a decoy believing Muncy was positioned to get the ball behind him.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Then after Hertl deked through Charlie McAvoy, Swayman came up with a big stop on Hertl’s backhander.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 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
After a pass to Samuel Girard, MacKinnon got the puck back in the high slot, deked by Trenin and then snapped a shot past Minnesota goalie Marc-Andre Fleury with 1:08 remaining in the second.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
However, goals from Bobby McMann and Nick Robertson pulled the Leafs within one heading into the third, and William Nylander deked Samuel Montembeault out of his skates to tie it in the opening minute of the third.
—Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 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
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
Roberts, however, said Rojas was trying to deke the runner at first base to prevent him from going to second, putting a glove up as nothing more than a decoy believing Muncy was positioned to get the ball behind him.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Deke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deke. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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