bout

The definition of bout means a fight or competition.

(noun)

An example of a bout is a boxing match.

Bout is defined as a period of time where you have to deal with something.

(noun)

An example of a bout is a week of having a stomach flu.

See bout in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

Origin: for earlier bought < ME bught, akin to MLowG bucht, bight; form & meaning prob. infl. by 'bout < about

See bout in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A contest between antagonists; a match: a wrestling bout.
A period of time spent in a particular way; a spell: “His tremendous bouts of drinking had wrecked his health” (Thomas Wolfe).

Origin:

Origin: From obsolete English bought, a turning (influenced by about)

Origin: , from Middle English

Origin: , from bowen, to bend, turn; see bow²

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