time-out

time-out or time·out (tmout)

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.

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time-out

n

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

Thesaurus

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

Translations

time-out

n (US)

(Ftbl, Basketball) → Auszeit f

(= break) to take time-out → Pause machen