Usually means: Hockey maneuver to fake out.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. deke: Merriam-Webster
  2. deke: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deke: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. deke: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Deke, deke: Wordnik
  6. deke: Wiktionary
  7. deke: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. deke: Dictionary.com
  9. deke: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Deke (ice hockey), Deke: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Deke: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  12. deke: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. deke: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. deke, deke, deke: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Deke: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Deke: Sports Definitions

Definitions from Wiktionary (Deke)

noun:  (ice hockey) A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.
noun:  As in hockey, a fake or other move to confuse other players on a team.
noun:  (Canada, slang) A quick detour.
verb:  (Canada, slang) To avoid, go around, or dodge an object, person, or conversation topic; often by using trickery.
verb:  (ice hockey) To execute a deke in ice hockey or other sports.
noun:  A male given name.
noun:  (US, slang) A member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, founded at Yale College in 1844.

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