bout: Meaning and Definition of
bout
Pronunciation: (bout), [key]
— n.
- a contest or trial of strength, as of boxing.
- period; session; spell: a bout of illness.
- a turn at work or any action.
- a going and returning across a field, as in mowing or reaping.
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