Dictionary Definition
bout
Noun
2 a boxing match; "the fight was on television
last night" [syn: fight]
3 an occasion for excessive eating or drinking;
"they went on a bust that lasted three days" [syn: bust, tear, binge]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /"baUt/
- /'baʊt/
Noun
- An instance of something lasting a short period.
- a bout of fighting
- An attack (of an illness, etc).
- a bout of flu
- An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
Translations
instance of something lasting a short period
- Finnish: kohtaus, välikohtaus, erä, ottelu
attack of an illness, etc.
- Finnish: kohtaus
an assault (a fencing encounter) at which the
score is kept
Noun
bout (plural bouts)Verb form
bout- third-person singular indicative present of bouillir
Extensive Definition
Bout can mean:
- Bout (single), a single by the British artist Jamelia.
- A boxing match.
- Viktor Bout - arms dealer
bout in Dutch: Bout
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Chinese boxing, Olympic games, Olympics, arsis, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, beat, bender, binge, boxing, boxing match, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration, chance, 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, 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