How do you use Deke in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Deke meaning
- 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.
Using Deke
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- In the example corpus, deke often appears in combinations such as: deke slayton, breakaway deke, deke the.
Context around Deke
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Deke
- In this selection, "deke" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, breakaway, legs, athlete, slayton, overtime and lists stand out and add context to how "deke" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 0 breakaway deke on the and a double deke. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "deke" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with deke
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Who's Fitz?" she asked, much to Deke's horror. (10 words)
A passionate athlete, Deke has completed five Ironman 70.3’s and several half marathons. (15 words)
Deke Duncan’s one-hour special will air on BBC Three Counties (also available on bbc. (16 words)
The 130-mark capped a week and an ongoing summer of “very strange” weather, said Deke Arndt, director of the National Weather Service’s Center for Weather and Climate and former chairman of the U.S. national weather extremes committee. (40 words)
I’m convinced Trump’s Wednesday routine was designed to deke the Democrats into abandoning their efforts to fix Americans’ real problems — and goad Democrats into an impeachment push that cannot succeed in this Republican-dominated Senate. (37 words)
As Deke lists off all the members of his band/amateur S.H.I.E.L.D. team (Roxy Glass, “The Chang Gang,” Olga Pachinko and Cricket), there are name text boxes that resemble font. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Aman just missed a breakaway pass a few minutes in then was stopped on a 2-on-0 breakaway deke on the next shift.
Bedard’s three-deke overtime goal in a quarterfinal win over Slovakia had Canadian fans in the building and watching at home both exhaling with relief and marvelling at his skill.
Fixed an issue where in Be A Pro, players were unable to perform the Between-the-Legs deke while using the Total Control controller scheme.
The combination of Deke's unnatural death and the powerlessness that Randy and LaVerne feel makes this moment particularly memorable.
Viewers get to watch Mack, Daisy, and Sousa infiltrate the Chronicom ship to rescue Simmons and Deke.
A passionate athlete, Deke has completed five Ironman 70.3’s and several half marathons.
As Deke lists off all the members of his band/amateur S.H.I.E.L.D. team (Roxy Glass, “The Chang Gang,” Olga Pachinko and Cricket), there are name text boxes that resemble font.
Back in Houston, Chief of Flight Crew Operations Donald K. “Deke” Slayton and Apollo 11 Commander Neil A. Armstrong gave separate press conferences to update the media on the flight of Apollo 13.
Late in the first, he came oh-so-close to scoring off a great Leon Draisaitl stretch pass and breakaway deke.
The 130-mark capped a week and an ongoing summer of “very strange” weather, said Deke Arndt, director of the National Weather Service’s Center for Weather and Climate and former chairman of the U.S. national weather extremes committee.
When given confirmation, May asks if they should be alarmed by Deke's demise, but she is quickly dismissed because it essentially doesn't matter.
Who's Fitz?" she asked, much to Deke's horror.
With Calof out of position, Lantto started on a breakaway and roofed the shot past Small after a double-deke.
A vividly personal account can be found in “Moonshot: The Inside Story of America’s Race to the Moon,” by Alan Shepard, Deke Slayton, and Jay Barbree (Open Road).
Deke and Fitz-Simmons try to figure out a way to inoculate the team from Izel’s ability to possess them so they can get close enough to stop her.
I’m convinced Trump’s Wednesday routine was designed to deke the Democrats into abandoning their efforts to fix Americans’ real problems — and goad Democrats into an impeachment push that cannot succeed in this Republican-dominated Senate.
Jab nirdaliyon se unki sarkaar ban rahi thi toh aapne khud jaa ke unko samarthan deke bada hi Haryana ki janta ko sharmsaar kiya hai (There is no major difference between the JJP and BJP….
Deke Duncan’s one-hour special will air on BBC Three Counties (also available on bbc.
He could deke the goalies out every which way you can,” family friend Eugene Shen said.
The 75-year-old actor said she soon got her big break with Nasir Hussain’s “Dil Deke Dekho”.
Common combinations with deke
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: