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about
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adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
"lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute";
"he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can
stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people
came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly
$3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so
people were at the party" [syn: approximately, about,
close to, just about, some, roughly, more or
less, around, or so]
2: all around or on all sides; "dirty clothes lying around (or
about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees
growing all around"; "she looked around her" [syn: about,
around]
3: in the area or vicinity; "a few spectators standing about";
"hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" [syn:
about, around]
4: used of movement to or among many different places or in no
particular direction; "wandering about with no place to go";
"people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)";
"traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone
who's been around"; "she sleeps around" [syn: about,
around]
5: in or to a reversed position or direction; "about face";
"suddenly she turned around" [syn: about, around]
6: in rotation or succession; "turn about is fair play"
7: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the
baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost
finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly
fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is
well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the
contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone
agrees" [syn: about, almost, most, nearly, near,
nigh, virtually, well-nigh]
adj 1: on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir
over the incident" [syn: about(p), astir(p)]
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bout
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n 1: (sports) a division during which one team is on the
offensive [syn: turn, bout, round]
2: a period of illness; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of
depression"
3: a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
4: an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a
bust that lasted three days" [syn: bust, tear, binge,
bout]
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clout
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n 1: a target used in archery
2: special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a
lot of pull" [syn: pull, clout]
3: a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to
wood [syn: clout nail, clout]
4: (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his
nose" [syn: punch, clout, poke, lick, biff, slug]
v 1: strike hard, especially with the fist; "He clouted his
attacker"
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out
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adv 1: away from home; "they went out last night"
2: moving or appearing to move away from a place, especially one
that is enclosed or hidden; "the cat came out from under the
bed";
3: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave
away the tickets" [syn: away, out]
adj 1: not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out
at second on a close play"; "he fanned out" [ant:
safe(p)]
2: being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette
into the stream"; "the fire is out" [syn: extinct,
out(p)]
3: not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out
because of the weather"
4: out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an
election; "now the Democrats are out"
5: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our
house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
[syn: forbidden, out(p), prohibited, proscribed,
taboo, tabu, verboten]
6: directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the
out doorway"; "the out basket"
7: no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days"
8: outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull"
9: outer or outlying; "the out islands"
10: knocked unconscious by a heavy blow [syn: knocked out(p),
kayoed, KO'd, out(p), stunned]
n 1: (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base
safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"
v 1: to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This
actor outed last year" [syn: come out of the closet,
out, come out]
2: reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle;
"The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA
agent"
3: be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out"
[syn: out, come out]
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turnout
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n 1: the group that gathers together for a particular occasion;
"a large turnout for the meeting"
2: a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass
or park [syn: turnout, widening]
3: a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock
or enable trains on the same line to pass [syn: siding,
railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack]
4: what is produced in a given time period [syn: output,
outturn, turnout]
5: a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was
exceedingly elegant" [syn: outfit, getup, rig,
turnout]
6: attendance for a particular event or purpose (as to vote in
an election); "the turnout for the rally"
7: (ballet) the outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip