runout

Meaning

1. Something that has been run out.
2. 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.
3. A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.
4. Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.
5. The end portion of the groove of a phonographic record, after the recorded sound.
6. A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.
7. 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.

Synonyms

breakout

break-out

coasting

deviate

deviation

eccentricity

effluence

effluent

efflux

effuse

exude

issue

outflow

outgoing

outpouring

pour

run

running out

shed

skewness

slowing-down

snap out

malalignment

leak-out

eccentricity ratio

fining-away

exudation efflux

flow outlet

vanishing of thread

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹʌnaʊt/

Etymology

Deverbal from run out.