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ˈpull-out, n. and a.
Also as one word.
[pull- 1.]
A. n.
1. The fact or action of pulling out; withdrawal from an undertaking or affair, esp. from military involvement or occupation.
1825C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy II. 139 Something good for the pull out. 1944Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 2 Oct. 9/5 A correspondent reported increasing signs of a pull-out..of tens of thousands of German troops. 1968Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 13 Apr. (1970) 664 Some of the headlines were easing up—‘D.C. Curfew Off, Gradual Pull-Out of GI's Starts’. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 2 July 3-c/4 A weaker committee motion, specifying a one-year ban for a political pullout, was defeated by the same margin. 1976P. Henissart Winter Quarry v. 60 Most people think a missile pullout is overdue. 1977P. Theroux Consul's File 177, I inherited him [sc. a dog] in Saigon... I took him back to the States after the pull-out.
2. In various technical uses.
a. Aeronaut. The transition from a dive or spin to normal flight.
1919Pippard & Pritchard Aeroplane Struct. vi. 54 The combination of terminal velocity with a quick pull out is one which would break practically any aeroplane. 1932Discovery Apr. 114/2 Individual records of ‘pull⁓outs’ from a dive have registered high accelerometer readings without the pilots experiencing ill effects. 1943Sun (Baltimore) 20 July 3/2 All of the men were half dazed. They had been flung about the ship in its two dives and pullouts... The plane was under control, but barely so. 1962F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics xii. 465 During World War II dive bomber pilots found they could minimize the effects of acceleration by..tightening muscles, and shouting during pullouts from dives.
b. Surfing. (See quot. 1967.)
1967J. Severson Great Surfing Gloss., Pull-out, steering the board over or through the back of the wave, as to end the ride. 1968W. Warwick Surfriding in N.Z. 13/1 To execute a pullout, guide your board to the top of the wave, then kick it into the wave. 1971Studies in English (Univ. Cape Town) Feb. 27 Like the turn, the pull-out may be forehand or backhand.
3. A self-contained detachable section of a newspaper, magazine, etc. Also, = fold-out n. s.v. fold v.1 10.
1952Conc. Oxf. Dict. Add. Pull-out, page or plate in book that unfolds out from front edge of leaves to facilitate reference. 1955Sun (Baltimore) 28 Oct. (B ed.) 26/4 TV Pull-Out... Have been meaning to write and tell you how wonderful is the new TV pull-out section of The Sunday Sun. 1971S. E. Morison European Discovery Amer.: Northern Voy. p. viii, The reproduction of old maps in a book presents typographical problems. Nobody likes a big pull-out; but if the size is too much reduced, one cannot read the names of places. 1971Woman's Own 27 Mar. 21 Next week..8-page pull-out of dairy dishes. 1977Listener 17 Mar. 332/2 A potential centre-page pull-out for..Hustler magazine.
B. adj. Designating that which may be pulled out (in various senses).
1881Daily News 4 Aug. 5/2 First the box with a lid, then the cupboard with a door, then the perfected ‘pull-out’ drawer. 1929‘R. Crompton’ William iv. 86 They're frightened of the big roundabout—an' the pull-out toffee makes them sick. 1950J. D. Carr Below Suspicion xii. 149 Dr. Bierce lowered himself on one of the pull-out seats facing them. 1955[see sense 3 above]. 1966B.B.C. Handbk. 79 The pull-out map..shows how..Soviet and Chinese broadcasters have exploited their geographical position. 1979Amat. Photographer Feb. 62/1 The three cameras we're looking at this week..have pull-out or retracting lenses. |