breakout

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An escape from prison.
2. (countable, uncountable) An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
3. (countable, uncountable) The point at which visibility returns after passing through clouds.
4. (countable, uncountable) An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).
5. (countable, uncountable) A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.
6. (countable, uncountable) A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
7. (uncountable) A style of video game that involves moving a paddle to deflect a ball into a wall of bricks to eliminate them one by one.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to sudden mainstream success.
2. (attributive, not-comparable) Splitting a signal into several signals.

Synonyms

prison-breaking

prisonbreak

gaolbreak

breakthrough

outburst

break

jailbreak

eruption

outbreak

escape

shunting

sidebar

tapping

inbreak

runout

tapoff

leak-out

talus ruoble

branching

bleed-out

break-out

burst upon

explosion

insert

leaker

offtake

outbreaks

refuge

scree

Translations

evasión

esplosione

evasione

fuga

explosão

Ausbruch

brot

evasió

esclat

Explosion

έκρηξη

brout

casser

début

Durchbruch

Etymology

Deverbal from break out. The video game genre is named after Breakout, the first game of this kind, released in 1976 by Atari.