bout
A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illnessA period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.
» Tom survived a bout with cancer.
Том вижив у боротьбі з раком.
Том переміг рак.
Meaning
7 sensesA period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant, like an illness.
a bout of drought
a coughing bout
периодperiod
a period of illness
A boxing match.
поединокpojedinok
An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
A roller derby match.
A fighting competition.
поединокpojedinok
A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
(dated)The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.
Examples
28 sentencesTom survived a bout with cancer.
Том вижив у боротьбі з раком.
A bout lasts about five minutes.
deEin Anfall dauert ungefähr fünf Minuten.
Y ain't ya axed 'bout dat?
Tom's bout went the full distance.
A fussy referee can ruin a bout.
deEin pingeliger Schiedsrichter kann einen Boxkampf ruinieren.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English bout, bowt, bught (whence also modern English bought (“bend, curve”)),From Middle English bout, bowt, bught (whence also modern English bought (“bend, curve”)), probably from Old English *buht (“bend, turn”), an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend, curve”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”). Equivalent to bow + -t. Doublet of bight and bought. Compare Dutch bocht and German Bucht.
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