bout
NounUS[bout]/baʊt/1 syllable
Open English WordNet
Noun (4)bouts
- (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensiveSynonyms: turnroundType of part, sectionKinds top, bottomPart of playing period, period of play
- a period of illness“a bout of fever”“a bout of depression”Type of time period, period of time
- a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)Type of contest, competition
- an occasion for excessive eating or drinking“they went on a bust that lasted three days”Synonyms: busttearbingeType of revel, revelryKinds piss-up
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Noun period of something
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bout (…), noun
Origin: A different spelling and application of bought bend.
1. 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.
In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out.— John Milton
The prince... has taken me in his train, so that I am in no danger of starving for this bout.— Oliver Goldsmith
2. A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout.
The gentleman will, for his honor's sake, have one bout with you; he can not by the duello avoid it.— William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54