bout
bout
Definition
bout (bo̵ut)
noun
- Dialectal a going and coming back again, as across a field in plowing; turn
- a struggle; contest or match a championship bout
- a period of time taken up by some activity, illness, etc.; spell a bout of the flu, a bout of shopping
Etymology: for earlier bought < ME bught, akin to MLowG bucht, bight; form & meaning prob. infl. by 'bout < about
bout
Synonyms
bout
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- tonsillitis: Information: I have a 14 year old son who suffers from enlarged tonsils and bouts of tonsillitis.
- fisticuffs: A bout of fisticuffs ensued from which ex Cardiff prop Gary Powell collected his yellow card.
- cystitis: If you have repeated bouts of cystitis the first question to ask is why?
- diarrhea: How do we maintain a stable blood sugar during a prolonged bout of diarrhea?
- flu: This stress may be anything from a bout of flu to a car accident.
- depression: Some people have two or more bouts of depression at various times of their life.
Converse of object
- recur: In 1958 he was involved in a street accident in Leiden, which led to recurring bouts of ill health.
- wrestle: The athletes would have to go out and wrestle a third bout each, and find it within themselves to co-exist.
- suffer: THE DEATH OF WILLIAM IV William suffered a severe bout of asthma in April, 1837.
Adjective modifier
- prolonged: Following prolonged bouts of ill health in recent years, Chris Rea's career has taken some radical turns.
- repeated: Sir Julian Huxley, perhaps goaded by his repeated bouts of clinical depression, wrestled with humanism in increasing darkness of thought.
- worried: I'm a tad worried bout it tho because even tho both directors are very talented, they are also quite different.
- recurrent: Match the winner recurrent bouts of of lithium in somehow is going.
- periodic: The PEIT sector has experienced periodic bouts of heightened share price volatility.
Modifies a noun
- ure: N stacey it woz my fault all da ladz no bout ure u no wat.
Noun used with modifier
- talkin: How many you nice folks out dere thinks I knows what I's talkin bout.
- tlk: I'm only 13 n mi dad woz only 41. my m8ts find it difficult 2 tlk bout it coz they don't understand.
- thinkin: I am thinkin bout Turkey as it is a bit different and alot of people have said its good there!
- suckling: In what percentage of the suckling bouts did allosuckling occur?
- boxing: Professional boxing bouts, already reduced to 10 per cent of pre war figures will be further reduced.
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