faints

Or feints

[feynts]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.

faints

/ feɪnts /

plural noun

1. a variant spelling of feints

Word History and Origins

Origin of faints¹

1735–45; noun use (in plural) of faint (adj.)

Example Sentences

In the pilot, the third-year medical student faints the first time in the exam room and has painfully awkward exchanges with her peers.

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When a green resident faints, her fellow physicians wait for her to revive before tossing her back into the fray.

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"My mother frequently complains of headaches, leg pain, hip pain and sometimes faints," he said.

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He sniffs Heather’s hair and faints from delight.

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One woman faints, and another slumps into her chair and wails.

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