bout

bout  (bout)

n.

1. A contest between antagonists; a match: a wrestling bout.

2. A period of time spent in a particular way; a spell: "His tremendous bouts of drinking had wrecked his health" Thomas Wolfe.

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[From obsolete English bought, a turning (influenced by about), from Middle English, from bowen, to bend, turn; see bow².]

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bout

Noun

1.

a. a period of time spent doing something, such as drinking

b. a period of illness: a bad bout of flu

2. a boxing, wrestling or fencing match [obsolete bought turn]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bout - (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive round, turn athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition division, section, part - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" top of the inning, top - the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat; "a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth" bottom of the inning, bottom - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat period of play, playing period, play - (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning"
	2.	bout - a period of illness; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression" period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
	3.	bout - a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers) contest, competition - an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
	4.	bout - an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days" binge, tear, bust revel, revelry - unrestrained merrymaking piss-up - vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking

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bout

noun 1. period, time, term, fit, session, stretch, spell, turn, patch, interval, stint

noun 2. round, run, course, series, session, cycle, sequence, stint, spree

noun 3. fight, match, battle, competition, struggle, contest, set-to, encounter, engagement, head-to-head, boxing match

Translations

bout [baut] n [of malaria etc] → ataque m;

(BOXING etc) → combate m; encuentro

bout [baut] n → période f [of malaria etc]; accès m, crise f, attaque f;

(Boxing etc) → combat m, match m

bout [baut] n → Anfall m;

(Boxing etc) → Kampf m

bout [baut] n → periodo; [of malaria etc] → attacco;

(BOXING etc) → incontro

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bout

n bout [baut]

1 a period (of) a bout of coughing. aanval دَوْر، فَتْرَه، نَوْبَه период záchvat anfald; omgang die Zeitspanne περίοδος, φάση όπου κτ. συμβαίνει ataque (med), rato hoog مدت زمان؛ دوره kohtaus, kausi accès תְקוּפָה बारी, दौरा napadaj roham masa menderita kast attacco ひとしきり 한 차례 priepuolis klepus lēkme serangan batuk bui omgang; anfall atak acesso acces приступ záchvat napad napad ryck, anfall, släng ช่วงเวลาสั้น ๆ nöbet 一陣 приступ وقفہ ، باری ، چکر cơn (ho) 一阵

2 a (usually boxing) contest a bout of fifteen five-minute rounds. wedstryd جَوْلَه състезание zápas, kolo omgang der Kampf αγώνας (συν. πυγμαχίας) asalto, lucha, combate matš مسابقه ottelu combat תַּחֲרוּת 5 मिनट की पारी borba küzdelem pertarungan lota incontro 一勝負 한 시합 rungtynės (boksa) cīņa perlawanan wedstrijd kamp mecz, walka luta luptă встреча, схватка zápas dvoboj borba kamp, match การแข่งขัน (ชกมวย) boks (maçı) 一場，一回合 тур مقابلہ ، بازی cuộc đọ sức 一回，回合