time-out or time·out (t m out)n. 1. Sports A brief cessation of play at the request of a sports team or an official for rest, consultation, or making substitutions. 2. A short break from work or play. 3. a. A corrective measure or punishment for young children in which they are separated from others for a brief period. b. The place, especially a chair, used for such a measure or punishment. |
time-out
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1. (General Sporting Terms) Sport an interruption in play during which players rest, discuss tactics, or make substitutions
2. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a break taken during working hours
3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a condition occurring when the amount of time a computer has been instructed to wait for another device to perform a task has expired, usually indicated by an error message
vb (intr) time out
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (of a computer) to stop operating because of a time-out
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| Noun | 1. |  time-out - a brief suspension of play; "each team has two time-outs left"athletic game - a game involving athletic activity pause, suspension, intermission, interruption, break - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something |
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