Bout

Quick meaning: Bout is a noun meaning A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.

Meaning

A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.

More Meanings

1. (boxing) A boxing match.
2. (fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
3. (roller derby) A roller derby match.
4. A fighting competition.
5. (music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
6. To contest a bout.
7. (dated) The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.

Example Sentences

a coughing bout

a bout of drought

a long bout of the flu

Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.

Word Forms

• bouts
• bouting
• bouted

Synonyms for bout

Depending on context, synonyms include attack, fling, round, fight, turn, spree.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fight, fling, spree, turn, round, struggle.

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