runout

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) Something that has been run out.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The method of getting out (dismissed from play) in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The end portion of the groove of a phonographic record, after the recorded sound.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.
  7. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹʌnaʊt/
Etymology

Deverbal from run out.

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