bout

See also: Bout and 'bout

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbaʊt/
Audio (UK) (file)
(Canada) IPA^(key): /bʌʊt/
Rhymes: -aʊt, -ʌʊt
Homophone: 'bout

Etymology 1

From Middle English bught, 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”). [1] Doublet of bight and bought.

Noun

bout (plural bouts)

A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant.
a bout of drought.
- 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Part, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 105:
  The "King" responded well to this treatment and would have maintained 60 m.p.h. up the steepest part had it not been for a brief bout of slipping, which was quickly corrected by Driver Bailes ("Autumn leaves", he remarked laconically).
(boxing) A boxing match.
(fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
(roller derby) A roller derby match.
A fighting competition.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], OCLC 22773434:
  Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
(music) 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.
- 1809, A Letter to Sir John Sinclair […] containing a Statement of the System under which a considerable Farm is profitably managed in Hertfordshire. Given at the request of the Board. By Thomas Greg, Esq., published in The Farmer's Magazine, page 395:
  The outside bout of each land is ploughed two inches deeper, and from thence the water runs into cross furrows, which are dug with a spade […] I have an instrument of great power, called a scarifier, for this purpose. It is drawn by four horses, and completely prepares the land for the seed at each bout.
- 1922, An Ingenious One-Way Agrimotor, published in The Commercial Motor, volume 34, published by Temple Press, page 32:
  It is in this manner that the ploughs are reversed at the termination of each bout of the field.
- 1976, Claude Culpin, Farm Machinery, page 60:
  The last two rounds must be ploughed shallower, and on the last bout the strip left should be one furrow width for a two-furrow plough, two for a three-furrow, and so on. […]

Translations

period of something

Bulgarian: период (bg) m (period)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 頓 (zh) (dùn)
Czech: záchvat m, nával (cs) m, vlna (cs) f
Finnish: jakso (fi)
Irish: babhta m, taom m
Italian: attacco (it) m
Russian: период (ru) m (period)
Spanish: racha (es)

boxing match

Czech: zápas (cs) m
Finnish: ottelu (fi), nyrkkeilyottelu
Polish: walka (pl) f, pojedynek (pl) m
Russian: поединок (ru) m (pojedinok)
Spanish: encuentro (es)

fencing encounter

Finnish: ottelu (fi)
Manx: cliwederys m
Portuguese: ataque (pt) m

roller derby match

Finnish: ottelu (fi)

fighting competition

Finnish: ottelu (fi), mittelö (fi)
Russian: поединок (ru) m (pojedinok)

music: bulge or widening in a musical instrument

Finnish: poski (fi)

going and returning of a plough

Verb

bout (third-person singular simple present bouts, present participle bouting, simple past and past participle bouted)

To contest a bout.

Etymology 2

Written form of a reduction of about.

Preposition

bout

(colloquial) Aphetic form of about
They're talking bout you!
Maddy is bout to get beat up!

References

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bout?s=t

Anagrams

tubo-

Dutch

FWOTD – 17 December 2019

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bout, from Old Dutch *bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz.

Cognates:

Compare German Bolzen, West Frisian bout, English bolt, Danish bolt, Icelandic bolti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑu̯t/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: bout
Rhymes: -ɑu̯t
Homophones: boud, bouwt

Noun

bout m (plural bouten, diminutive boutje n)

bolt (threaded metal cylinder)
- 2004, Wim Ravesteijn, Jan H. Kop, Bouwen in de Archipel. Burgerlijke openbare werken in Nederlands-Indië 1800-2000, page 104.
  Deze werd door speciale bouten verbonden.
  This was secured with special bolts.
haunch, leg of an animal as food
- 2010, Ilse D'hooge, Het complete Libelle pastaboek.
  Roer regelmatig om alle boutjes gelijkmatig te kleuren.
  Stir regularly to give all haunches an even colour.
Synonyms: poot, schenkel
(vulgar) fart
- 2000 March 31, RAYMOND HOFSTE, “passie voor bruine bonen, "Pffffffrrrtttt" Aaaaaaaaaaa.”, in alt.humor.dutch, Usenet‎:
  De bout was niet alleen hard maar stonk ook als een rot ei.
  The fart wasn't just loud but also stank like a rotten egg.
Synonyms: buikwind, scheet, ruft, wind
bolt (crossbow arrow)
- 1875, Willem Jacob Hofdijk, De oude schutterij in Nederland, page 19.
  Het lichtere esschenhout diende tot pylen of bouten.
  The lighter ash wood was used for arrows or bolts.
Synonyms: kruisboogbout, schicht
(Suriname) thigh
bar, rod
Synonyms: staaf, stang
(archaic) darling, sweetheart, dear
Synonyms: lieverd, lieveling, schat, schattebout
iron (apparatus for ironing clothing)
- 1986, Jan Terlouw, Gevangenis met een open deur, page 21.
  De bout stoomde nog.
  The clothes iron was still steaming.
Synonyms: strijkbout, strijkijzer

Derived terms

bouten
boutijzer
boutkogel
boutkop
bouttang
dwarsbout
eendenbout
hamelbout
kalfsbout
kippenbout
konijnenbout
koperen bout
kruisboogbout
lamsbout
schattebout
schietbout
schroefbout
soldeerbout
stelbout
strijkbout
tapbout
vastbouten
vleugelbout

Descendants

Berbice Creole Dutch: bauta
→ Caribbean Hindustani: bowtu
→ Indonesian: baut
→ Papiamentu: bout
→ Sranan Tongo: boutu (shank)
→ Sranan Tongo: bowtu (bolt)

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French bout (“a blow”), derivative of bouter (“to strike”), of Germanic origin. More at bouter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bu/, (sense 3) /but/
audio (file)
Rhymes: -u
Homophones: boue, boues, bous, bou, bout, bouts

Noun

bout m (plural bouts)

end, extremity, tip (of a physical object)
bit, piece, scrap
(nautical) rope
(curling) end

Derived terms

à bout de
à bout portant
à bout (“to the limit, without any room for manoeuvre”)
à tout bout de champ
au bout de
au bout du fil
avec des bouts de ficelle
bon bout
bout à bout
bout de doigt
bout de l'an
bout de sein
bout d'essai
bout du monde
bout filtre
brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts (“to burn one's candle at both ends”)
connaître sur le bout des doigts
debout
de bout en bout (“from start to finish, from one end to the other”)
filer par le bout
joindre les deux bouts
jusqu'au bout
jusqu'au bout (“all the way, to the bitter end”)
mener par le bout du nez
montrer le bout de son nez
ne pas être au bout de ses peines
ne pas être au bout de ses surprises
ne pas regarder plus loin que le bout de son nez
ne pas voir plus loin que le bout de son nez
par le bon bout
pousser à bout
regarder par le petit bout de la lorgnette
remercier du bout des lèvres
sur le bout de la langue
tailler le bout de gras
tenir le bon bout
venir à bout
voir le bout du tunnel

Verb

bout

third-person singular present indicative of bouillir

Old French

Etymology

From bouter (“to strike”).

Noun

bout m (oblique plural bouz or boutz, nominative singular bouz or boutz, nominative plural bout)

end (extremity)

[1] ttp://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bout?s=t

bout

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Translations

Verb

Etymology 2

Preposition

References

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Verb

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Noun