boutnoun [ C ]
uk/baʊt/us/baʊt/bout noun [ C ] (SHORT PERIOD)
a short period of illness or involvement in an activity:
UK a bout of flu
US a bout with the flu
He suffered from periodic bouts of insanity.
a drinking bout (= short period of drinking a lot of alcohol)
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Short in time
- awhile
- be short notice idiom
- bit
- blitz
- brevity
- brief
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fit
- minute 1
- mo
- moment
- momentarily
- momentary
- msec
- quick
- shortish
- trice
- twinkling
- wee hours
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Disease & illness - general words
bout noun [ C ] (SPORT)
a boxing or wrestling match:
He's a former heavyweight champion and is expected to win the bout easily.
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Fighting sports
- all-in wrestling
- arm-wrestling
- bantamweight
- black belt
- body blow
- flyweight
- foil
- gumshield
- heavyweight
- jab
- jiujitsu
- knockout
- left-hander
- pugilistic
- punch-drunk
- punching bag
- rope
- roundhouse kick
- sabre
- wrestler
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Competitions, & parts of competitions