Run out

/ˈɹʌnaʊt/ · noun

Meaning

Something that has been run out..

Definitions by Sense

1. Something that has been run out.
2. (cricket) The method of getting out (dismissed from play) in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.
3. (skiing) A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.
4. (skiing) Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.
5. The end portion of the groove of a phonographic record, after the recorded sound.
6. A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.
7. (mechanical engineering) Deviation of the axis of rotation of a rotating object (especially a milling cutter or workpiece) relative to that object's centerline; the specific amount of deviation.
8. A sudden tension between two coupled railcars when the fore one is moving faster than the hinder one.

Example Sentences

The landslide had a long runout.

The freeway guardrail runout around this object is shorter than recommended.

If, as people often say, skiing is like sex, then the run-out that follows a great run—that breezy pole-and-glide along a logging road, stream, or moraine back to the lift, hut, truck, or bar—is the cigarette in bed.

There is a lot of trouble in Petticoat Lane. In fact, the mock auction boys have muscled in to such an extent on the bomb damaged ground that there is a danger that Petticoat Lane may lose its good name by the boys coming in now with the "runouts" to make quick profits and then get out.

We determined that inaccuracy was caused by a large amount of tool runout.

Researchers noted no unusual events (e.g., knuckle breaks) or notable instances of significant slack action or run-ins/run-outs at the lead locomotive during the test.

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• runouts
• run-out

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