trial run

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

trial run
    n 1: trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten
         days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to
         relieve the pain" [syn: {trial}, {trial run}, {test},
         {tryout}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "trial run":
      Gedankenexperiment, audition, bench test, dry run, experimentation,
      flight test, hearing, pilot plan, practical test, practice,
      rehearsal, road test, shakedown, shakedown cruise, test,
      test flight, test run, trial, trial and error, tryout, workout

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