bout.
A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.
Meaning & usage
A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.
a bout of drought
a coughing bout
A boxing match.
An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
A roller derby match.
A fighting competition.
A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bout, bowt, bught (whence also modern English bought (“bend, curve”)), probably from Old English *buht (“bend, turn”), an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend, curve”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”). Equivalent to bow + -t. Doublet of bight and bought. Compare Dutch bocht and German Bucht. For the sense development compare bender.
To contest a bout.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English bout, bowt, bught (whence also modern English bought (“bend, curve”)), probably from Old English *buht (“bend, turn”), an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend, curve”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”). Equivalent to bow + -t. Doublet of bight and bought. Compare Dutch bocht and German Bucht. For the sense development compare bender.
Apheretic form of about.
They're talking bout you!
Maddy is bout to get beat up!
Where this word comes from
Written form of a reduction of about.
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