bout

bout
    n 1: (sports) a division during which one team is on the
         offensive [syn: {turn}, {bout}, {round}]
    2: a period of illness; "a bout of fever"; "a bout of
       depression"
    3: a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
    4: an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a
       bust that lasted three days" [syn: {bust}, {tear}, {binge},
       {bout}]
    

Bout \Bout\, n. [A different spelling and application of bought
   bend.]
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   1. As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going
      and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a
      turn; a round.
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            In notes with many a winding bout
            Of linked sweetness long drawn out.   --Milton.
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            The prince . . . has taken me in his train, so that
            I am in no danger of starving for this bout.
                                                  --Goldsmith.
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   2. A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything;
      as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout.
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            The gentleman will, for his honor's sake, have one
            bout with you; he can not by the duello avoid it.
                                                  --Shak.
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127 Moby Thesaurus words for "bout":
      Chinese boxing, Olympic games, Olympics, arsis, bacchanal,
      bacchanalia, bacchanalian, bat, beat, bender, binge, boxing,
      boxing match, bust, carousal, carouse, celebration, chance, circle,
      circuit, close fighting, compotation, concours, contest, course,
      cycle, debauch, decathlon, derby, diastole, double-header, doubles,
      downbeat, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, duel, encounter,
      engagement, escapade, event, fight, fighting, fisticuffs, fling,
      foursome, game, games, games of chance, go, guzzle, gymkhana,
      infighting, inning, innings, jag, joust, lark, match, matching,
      meet, meeting, occasion, opportunity, orgy, pentathlon, period,
      place, play, play-off, ploy, potation, prizefight, prizefighting,
      pub-crawl, pugilism, pulse, race, rally, randan, randy, relief,
      rencontre, revel, revolution, rotation, round, runoff, savate, say,
      series, session, set-to, shadowboxing, shift, singles, spar, spell,
      sport, spree, stint, struggle, symposium, systole, tear, test,
      the clinches, the fights, the ring, thesis, threesome, tilt, time,
      time at bat, toot, tour, tournament, tourney, trial, trick, turn,
      twosome, upbeat, wassail, whack, wheel, wingding