feat

/fit/

/fit/

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!

Definitions of feat

1. noun

   a notable achievement
   “he performed a great feat”

   synonyms: effort, exploit

   types:

   derring-do

   brave and heroic feats

   hit

   (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball)

   rally, rallying

   the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort

   stunt

   a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention

   tour de force

   a masterly or brilliant feat

   base hit, safety

   (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely

   Russian roulette

   a 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 trigger

   acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt

   a stunt performed by an acrobat

   type of:

   accomplishment, achievement

   the action of accomplishing something