timeoutn.

Brit.

/ˈtʌɪmaʊt/,

/ˌtʌɪmˈaʊt/, U.S.

/ˈtaɪmˌaʊt/,

/ˌtaɪmˈaʊt/

Inflections: Plural timeouts, (now rare) times out.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: time n., out adv.; to time out at time v. Phrasal verbs.

Etymology: < time n. + out adv. In sense 1 after time out at time n., int., and conj. Phrases 2f. In sense 2 either after or independently < to time out at time v. Phrasal verbs.

Originally U.S.

a. Sport. A brief break in play at the request of a player, team, or official, during which the clock is stopped; an instance of calling or taking time out (see time n., int., and conj. Phrases 2f(b)).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > game or definite spell of play > extra time or stoppage

timeout1900

extra time1911

overtime1921

1900 Detroit Free Press 22 Oct. 8/1 Very seldom was a Michigan man laid out in the game, ‘time outs’ being usually for a Purdue player.

1930 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Dec. 11/7 The game..takes up about two and a quarter hours, when one allows for the intermission between halves and the innumerable ‘times out’.

1946 Trail Riders Bull. Oct. 5/1 Dr. George Rae..landed four Dolly Vardens..during a special ‘time-out’ for the anglers.

1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. c 1/2 Clark's directive created a difference of opinion during a Tucson timeout in the opening game.

1981 Times 11 Nov. 8/8 Experts said Korchnoi might postpone the fifteenth game, which is due on Thursday. Each man has used up two of the three timeouts allowed each player under the championship rules.

2009 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 86/1 The Giants conferred during a Cincinnati time-out, preparing to attempt a go-ahead touchdown.

b. gen. A (brief) break from activity, esp. for rest or relaxation. Cf. time n., int., and conj. Phrases 2f(a).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > [noun] > a period of

leisurec1449

non-terminus1573

Sabbatism1582

non-term1607

recess1620

playtime1631

by-hour1639

vacancy1654

relache1780

lounge1806

spellc1845

pink-eye1901

seventh-inning stretch1915

standoff1918

timeout1931

1931 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 16 Feb. 3/6 It facilitates that mid-morning or noon-time ‘time-out’ for beauty repairing.

1954 Washington Post 23 Nov. 62/5 (heading) NATO delegates take a time out.

1973 Chicago Tribune 26 Apr. 4 a11/2 (caption) Taking a time out at Brookfield Zoo. These Kodiak bears seem to be taking life in stride during a sunny day.

1990 Chicago Sun-Times 30 Nov. i. 5/4 The heated exchange..prompted an exasperated stenographer to..demand a timeout.

2006 A. Robbins Overachievers xvii. 398 Taking a time-out from school, either after high school or during college, is a good way to combat the frenetic space of student life.

c. Originally: (in behavioural studies) a period of enforced seclusion, or of withdrawal of a stimulus or expected response, as a means of modifying behaviour. Now chiefly: a brief period of time which a misbehaving child is made to spend alone, as a technique for disciplining the child and improving his or her behaviour; the use of this technique; the state of being in a timeout; (also attributive) designating a place in which a timeout is spent.

ΚΠ

1957 Science 13 Sept. 509/3 The withdrawal of the situation in which the reinforcement occurs has been described as an aversive event and is called a ‘time out’.

1961 Science 10 Feb. 383 Time-out is not initiated during the pause immediately following delivery of the food.

1968 Jrnl. Appl. Behavior Anal. 1 29 The child was given a 10-min timeout in a chair for climbing.

1974 F. Dodson How to Father (1975) 58 In a time-out, a child is sent either to his room or to a neutral room such as a bathroom for a period of five minutes.

1995 Daily Record (Nexis) 15 Sept. 6 Only four per cent of the school's 460 pupils have been sent to a special ‘time out room’ more than once.

2005 J. Weiner Goodnight Nobody xl. 344 Laura Lynn kicked the bottom of the couch with her bare heel, like a little kid who'd been sent to time-out.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 15 Sept. h5/2 Parents often lecture or scold children during time-outs or battle with kids to return to a time-out chair.

2. Computing and Electronics. A cancellation or pausing of an operation which occurs automatically after a preset time interval, esp. if a particular signal is not detected. Frequently attributive.

ΚΠ

1971 C. Kline & J. Wong Request for Comments (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 142. 1 Destination IMP and IMP-HOST interface up, but IMP-HOST inter-face is not taking messages—Type 9 message is returned after IMP time-out.

1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xiv. 973/1 A straightforward CMOS timeout circuit..turns off the switched +9 volt power an hour after the instrument has been turned on.

1996 H. G. Cragon Memory Syst. & Pipelined Processors iii. 134 There is a time-out feature to stop endless looping around indirect addresses.

2008 Maximum PC Dec. 75/3 You pinged Google.com continuously but received an extraordinary number of timeouts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	timeout
释义	timeoutn. Brit. /ˈtʌɪmaʊt/, /ˌtʌɪmˈaʊt/, U.S. /ˈtaɪmˌaʊt/, /ˌtaɪmˈaʊt/ Inflections: Plural timeouts, (now rare) times out. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: time n., out adv.; to time out at time v. Phrasal verbs. Etymology: < time n. + out adv. In sense 1 after time out at time n., int., and conj. Phrases 2f. In sense 2 either after or independently < to time out at time v. Phrasal verbs. Originally U.S. 1. a. Sport. A brief break in play at the request of a player, team, or official, during which the clock is stopped; an instance of calling or taking time out (see time n., int., and conj. Phrases 2f(b)). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > game or definite spell of play > extra time or stoppage timeout1900 extra time1911 overtime1921 1900 Detroit Free Press 22 Oct. 8/1 Very seldom was a Michigan man laid out in the game, ‘time outs’ being usually for a Purdue player. 1930 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Dec. 11/7 The game..takes up about two and a quarter hours, when one allows for the intermission between halves and the innumerable ‘times out’. 1946 Trail Riders Bull. Oct. 5/1 Dr. George Rae..landed four Dolly Vardens..during a special ‘time-out’ for the anglers. 1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. c 1/2 Clark's directive created a difference of opinion during a Tucson timeout in the opening game. 1981 Times 11 Nov. 8/8 Experts said Korchnoi might postpone the fifteenth game, which is due on Thursday. Each man has used up two of the three timeouts allowed each player under the championship rules. 2009 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 86/1 The Giants conferred during a Cincinnati time-out, preparing to attempt a go-ahead touchdown. b. gen. A (brief) break from activity, esp. for rest or relaxation. Cf. time n., int., and conj. Phrases 2f(a). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > a period of leisurec1449 non-terminus1573 Sabbatism1582 non-term1607 recess1620 playtime1631 by-hour1639 vacancy1654 relache1780 lounge1806 spellc1845 pink-eye1901 seventh-inning stretch1915 standoff1918 timeout1931 1931 Cumberland (Maryland) Evening Times 16 Feb. 3/6 It facilitates that mid-morning or noon-time ‘time-out’ for beauty repairing. 1954 Washington Post 23 Nov. 62/5 (heading) NATO delegates take a time out. 1973 Chicago Tribune 26 Apr. 4 a11/2 (caption) Taking a time out at Brookfield Zoo. These Kodiak bears seem to be taking life in stride during a sunny day. 1990 Chicago Sun-Times 30 Nov. i. 5/4 The heated exchange..prompted an exasperated stenographer to..demand a timeout. 2006 A. Robbins Overachievers xvii. 398 Taking a time-out from school, either after high school or during college, is a good way to combat the frenetic space of student life. c. Originally: (in behavioural studies) a period of enforced seclusion, or of withdrawal of a stimulus or expected response, as a means of modifying behaviour. Now chiefly: a brief period of time which a misbehaving child is made to spend alone, as a technique for disciplining the child and improving his or her behaviour; the use of this technique; the state of being in a timeout; (also attributive) designating a place in which a timeout is spent. ΚΠ 1957 Science 13 Sept. 509/3 The withdrawal of the situation in which the reinforcement occurs has been described as an aversive event and is called a ‘time out’. 1961 Science 10 Feb. 383 Time-out is not initiated during the pause immediately following delivery of the food. 1968 Jrnl. Appl. Behavior Anal. 1 29 The child was given a 10-min timeout in a chair for climbing. 1974 F. Dodson How to Father (1975) 58 In a time-out, a child is sent either to his room or to a neutral room such as a bathroom for a period of five minutes. 1995 Daily Record (Nexis) 15 Sept. 6 Only four per cent of the school's 460 pupils have been sent to a special ‘time out room’ more than once. 2005 J. Weiner Goodnight Nobody xl. 344 Laura Lynn kicked the bottom of the couch with her bare heel, like a little kid who'd been sent to time-out. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 15 Sept. h5/2 Parents often lecture or scold children during time-outs or battle with kids to return to a time-out chair. 2. Computing and Electronics. A cancellation or pausing of an operation which occurs automatically after a preset time interval, esp. if a particular signal is not detected. Frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1971 C. Kline & J. Wong Request for Comments (Network Working Group) (Electronic text) No. 142. 1 Destination IMP and IMP-HOST interface up, but IMP-HOST inter-face is not taking messages—Type 9 message is returned after IMP time-out. 1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xiv. 973/1 A straightforward CMOS timeout circuit..turns off the switched +9 volt power an hour after the instrument has been turned on. 1996 H. G. Cragon Memory Syst. & Pipelined Processors iii. 134 There is a time-out feature to stop endless looping around indirect addresses. 2008 Maximum PC Dec. 75/3 You pinged Google.com continuously but received an extraordinary number of timeouts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1900
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