Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level or climbing flight.

  3. (countable, uncountable)An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of liftout (“quotation given special visual treatment”).

  5. (countable, uncountable)An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the surfboard into or over the back of a wave.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The coitus interruptus method of birth control.

More definitions
  • to break off a military action with an enemy

Translations

2 languages

Origin

Deverbal from pull out.

Deverbal from pull out.

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Forms

plural: pullouts

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpull out

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