| Pronunciation: | | bawt
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- [n] a boxing match; "the fight was on television last night"
- [n] an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
- [n] (in sports) a period of play during which one team is on the offensive
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| | Synonyms: | | binge, bust, fight, round, tear, turn |
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| | See Also: | | bottom, bottom of the inning, boxing, fisticuffs, period of play, piss-up, play, playing period, pugilism, revel, revelry, top, top of the inning |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bout\, n. [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. --Milton.
The prince . . . has taken me in his train, so that
I am in no danger of starving for this bout.
--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.
--Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | arsis, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, beat, bender, binge, boxing, boxing match, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration, chance, Chinese boxing, circle, circuit, close fighting, compotation, concours, contest, course, cycle, debauch, decathlon, derby, diastole, double-header, doubles, downbeat, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, duel, encounter, engagement, escapade, event, fight, fighting, fisticuffs, fling, foursome, game, games, games of chance, go, guzzle, gymkhana, infighting, inning, innings, jag, joust, lark, match, matching, meet, meeting, occasion, Olympic games, Olympics, opportunity, orgy, pentathlon, period, place, play, play-off, ploy, potation, prizefight, prizefighting, pub-crawl, pugilism, pulse, race, rally, randan, randy, relief, rencontre, revel, revolution, rotation, round, runoff, savate, say, series, session, set-to, shadowboxing, shift, singles, spar, spell, sport, spree, stint, struggle, symposium, systole, tear, test, the clinches, the fights, the ring, thesis, threesome, tilt, time, time at bat, toot, tour, tournament, tourney, trial, trick, turn, twosome, upbeat, wassail, whack, wheel, wingding |
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