bout

Meaning

  1. (masculine) bolt (threaded metal cylinder)
  2. (masculine) haunch, leg of an animal as food
  3. (masculine, vulgar) fart
  4. (masculine) bolt (crossbow arrow)
  5. (Suriname, masculine) thigh
  6. (masculine) bar, rod
  7. (archaic, masculine) darling, sweetheart, dear
  8. (masculine) iron, clothes iron, heater (apparatus for ironing clothing)

Frequency

23k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bɑu̯t/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch bout, from Old Dutch *bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz. Cognates Cognate with German Bolzen, West Frisian bout, English bolt, Danish bolt, Icelandic bolti.

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