Words that rhyme with dropout
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about
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)] -
bout
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] -
clout
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" -
eelpout
n 1: marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas [syn: eelpout, pout] 2: elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth [syn: burbot, eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota] -
knockout
adj 1: very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" [syn: hard, knockout, severe] n 1: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish] 2: a blow that renders the opponent unconscious [syn: knockout, KO, kayo] -
out
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] -
waterspout
n 1: a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist 2: a heavy rain [syn: downpour, cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker] 3: a channel through which water is discharged (especially one used for drainage from the gutters of a roof) -
wipeout
n 1: an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something [syn: destruction, demolition, wipeout] 2: a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard) -
copout
n 1: a failure to face some difficulty squarely -
downspout
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cop-out
See also dropout definition
