bout

Speech parts

1. bout - Noun

2. bout - Verb

3. bout - Preposition

4. Bout - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

round game period attack battle turn fight match fit struggle session contest encounter engagement stretch
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Antonyms

concord wow exodus pal crucial trail
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Hypernyms

period division section revel competition contest

Hyponyms

top bottom piss-up top of the inning bottom of the inning

Phrases with the word

bout to pull up brief bout lexical bout bout de souffle go on a drinking bout bout with the gloves

Anagrams

tBuO

Examples

they went on a bust that lasted three days Source: Internet

a bout of fever Source: Internet

a bout of depression Source: Internet

A boxer may win the bout before a decision is reached through a knock-out ; such bouts are said to have ended "inside the distance". Source: Internet

Accidental fouls that cause injury ending a bout may lead to a "no contest" result, or else cause the fight to go to a decision if enough rounds (typically four or more, or at least three in a four-round fight) have passed. Source: Internet

A bout with homesickness took him from New Jersey back to Milwaukee to be closer to his grandmother in 1981. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

boustrophedonically boustrophic bousy bout de souffle bout to pull up bout with the gloves