feat
Other forms: feats
A feat is an exemplary, even bold achievement, often an act of great courage or skill. Getting your cat to wear a leash was quite a feat.
The noun feat developed from the Latin facere, meaning "make do." Today, it gets applied to a deed that's noble or out of the ordinary. Have you ever accomplished amazing feats in your dreams, like flying? If so, I hope you didn't wake up on the roof. Maybe you perform feats of daring in your everyday life, if you're a firefighter or a tightrope walker. If you're afraid of heights, just taking the glass elevator counts as a courageous feat!
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a notable achievement“he performed a great feat”types:derring-dobrave and heroic featshit(baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)stunta difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attentiontour de forcea masterly or brilliant featbase hit, safety(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safelyRussian roulettea stunt in which you spin the cylinder of a revolver that is loaded with only one bullet and then point the muzzle at your head and pull the triggertype of:
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Vocabulary lists containing feat
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