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
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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