bout : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bout	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bout
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bout n (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive Synonym(s): turn, bout, round a period of illness; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression" a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days" Synonym(s): bust, tear, binge, bout
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bout \Bout\, n. [A different spelling and application of bought bend.] 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. In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out. --Milton. The prince . . . has taken me in his train, so that I am in no danger of starving for this bout. --Goldsmith. 2. A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout. The gentleman will, for his honor's sake, have one bout with you; he can not by the duello avoid it. --Shak.