'Bout' definitions:
Definition of 'bout'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A period of illness; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression"
noun
A contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
noun
Definition of 'Bout'
From: GCIDE
- Bout \Bout\, n. [A different spelling and application of bought bend.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round. [1913 Webster]
- In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The prince . . . has taken me in his train, so that I am in no danger of starving for this bout. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout. [1913 Webster]
- The gentleman will, for his honor's sake, have one bout with you; he can not by the duello avoid it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bout'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arsis,
- bacchanal,
- bacchanalia,
- bacchanalian,
- bat,
- beat,
- bender,
- binge,
- boxing,
- boxing match,
- bust,
- carousal,
- carouse,
- celebration,
- chance,
- Chinese boxing,
- circle,
- circuit,
- close fighting,
- compotation,
- concours,
- contest,
- course,
- cycle,
- debauch,
- decathlon,
- derby,
- diastole,
- double-header,
- doubles,
- downbeat,
- drinking bout,
- drunk,
- drunken carousal,
- duel,
- encounter,
- engagement,
- escapade,
- event,
- fight,
- fighting,
- fisticuffs,
- fling,
- foursome,
- game,
- games,
- games of chance,
- go,
- guzzle,
- gymkhana,
- infighting,
- inning,
- innings,
- jag,
- joust,
- lark,
- match,
- matching,
- meet,
- meeting,
- occasion,
- Olympic games,
- Olympics,
- opportunity,
- orgy,
- pentathlon,
- period,
- place,
- play,
- play-off,
- ploy,
- potation,
- prizefight,
- prizefighting,
- pub-crawl,
- pugilism,
- pulse,
- race,
- rally,
- randan,
- randy,
- relief,
- rencontre,
- revel,
- revolution,
- rotation,
- round,
- runoff,
- savate,
- say,
- series,
- session,
- set-to,
- shadowboxing,
- shift,
- singles,
- spar,
- spell,
- sport,
- spree,
- stint,
- struggle,
- symposium,
- systole,
- tear,
- test,
- the clinches,
- the fights,
- the ring,
- thesis,
- threesome,
- tilt,
- time,
- time at bat,
- toot,
- tour,
- tournament,
- tourney,
- trial,
- trick,
- turn,
- twosome,
- upbeat,
- wassail,
- whack,
- wheel,
- wingding