RUNOUT

Etymology

Noun

runout (plural runouts)

Something that has been run out.

(cricket) A run out, a running out. The method of getting out in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.

(skiing) A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.

(skiing) Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.

The end portion of the groove of a phonographic record, after the recorded sound.

A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.

(mechanical engineering) Deviation of the axis of rotation of a rotating object (especially a milling cutter or workpiece) relative to that object's centerline; the specific amount of deviation.

Verb

The act of running out something.

Anagrams

• outrun

Source: Wiktionary



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