Definitions for BOUTbaʊt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

boutbaʊt(n.)

  1. a contest, as of boxing; match.

  2. period; spell:

    a bout of illness.

  3. a turn at work or any action.

  4. a going and returning across a field, as in mowing or reaping.

Origin of bout:

1535–45; var. of obs. bought bend, turn, der. of bowbow1; see bight

Princeton's WordNet

  1. turn, bout, round(noun)

    (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive

  2. bout(noun)

    a period of illness

    "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression"

  3. bout(noun)

    a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)

  4. bust, tear, binge, bout(noun)

    an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

    "they went on a bust that lasted three days"

Wiktionary

  1. bout(Noun)

    A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant

    a bout of drought.

  2. bout(Noun)

    A boxing match.

  3. bout(Noun)

    An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.

  4. bout(Noun)

    A fighting competition.

  5. bout(Noun)

    A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.

  6. bout(Noun)

    The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.

  7. bout(Preposition)

    about

    they're talking bout you!

  8. bout(Preposition)

    about.

    they're talking bout you!

  9. Origin: Aphetic form of about

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bout(noun)

    as much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round

  2. Bout(noun)

    a conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout


Translations for BOUT

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

bout(noun)

a period (of)

a bout of coughing.

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