runout

English

/ˈɹʌnaʊt/

noun
Definitions
  • 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.

Etymology

Compound from English run + English out (surpassing, beyond, outward, away from).

Origin

English

out

Gloss

surpassing, beyond, outward, away from

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