Countermove

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Countermove \Coun"ter*move`\ (-m??v`), n. Countermovement
  \Coun"ter*move`ment\ (-ment).
     A movement in opposition to another.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Countermove \Coun`ter*move"\ (koun`t?r-m??v"), v. t. & i.
     To move in a contrary direction to.
     [1913 Webster] Countermove

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  countermove
       n : an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy
           force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy
           advance units etc. [syn: {counterattack}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "countermove":
     action, ad hoc measure, answer, artifice, contrivance, coup,
     course of action, demarche, device, dodge, effort, expedient,
     gimmick, improvisation, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient,
     last expedient, last resort, last shift, makeshift, maneuver,
     means, measure, move, pis aller, resort, resource, shake-up, shift,
     solution, step, stopgap, stratagem, stroke, stroke of policy,
     tactic, temporary expedient, trick, trump, working hypothesis,
     working proposition