bout
[noun]
Synonyms:
- period, fit, spell, stint, term, turn
- fight, boxing match, competition, contest, encounter, engagement, match, set-to, struggle

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'bout /baʊt/ adverb, preposition spoken informal
about:
What are you talking 'bout?

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bout /baʊt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: bout 'one trip up the field and back in plowing' (16-19 centuries), from bought 'bending' (14-17 centuries)]

1. a bout of depression/flu/sickness etc a short period of time during which you suffer from an illness

2. a short period of time during which you do something a lot, especially something that is bad for you:
a drinking bout
bout of
a bout of unemployment

3. a boxing or wrestling match

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bout
noun
ADJ. bad, nasty, prolonged, serious, severe I got a bad bout of flu last winter.
mild | drinking
VERB + BOUT get, have, suffer from
PREP. during a/the ~ | ~ of a bout of depression

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