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bout

/ˈbaʊt/noun1 syllable

Bout means: an occasion for excessive eating or drinking.

Synonyms for bout6

noun, as in an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

bust, tear, binge

noun, as in (sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive

turn, round

also used for bout

attack

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What does bout mean?4

noun

1

an occasion for excessive eating or drinking“they went on a bust that lasted three days”

2

(sports) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive

3

a period of illness“a bout of fever”

4

a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bout?18

one syllable

outdoubtshoutscoutdroughttroutstoutclouttoutspoutsproutroutsnoutgout

two syllables

aboutwithoutthroughoutdevout
Show 40 near rhymes
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Bout in a sentence

  • Let's swing by the bar for a drink, how 'bout that?Radek
  • The poor girl regularly had bouts of fever, and her headaches became unbearable.mailohilohi
  • The wrestler had his right leg broken in a bout.unknown
  • The bout turned out rough and neither boxer was going to win hands down.unknown
  • A nasty bout of flu confined him to bed.sundown
  • That bout will be looked into in the next few years.urro
  • Cancer patients often have to deal with debilitating bouts of nausea.darinmex
  • We put up with his little bouts of mischief.tieguy

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Forms of bout

as a noun

plural
bouts