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runout en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹʌnaʊt/
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

Deverbal from run out.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Something that has been run out.
   • The landslide had a long runout.
   • The freeway guardrail runout around this object is shorter than recommended.
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.
   • If, as people often say, skiing is like sex, then the run-out that follows a great run—that breezy pole-and-glide along a logging road, stream, or moraine back to the lift, hut, truck, or bar—is the cigarette in bed. 2011 September 13, Nick Paumgarten, “Ode to Happy Endings: Celebrating the least appreciated aspect of a great run.”, in Skiing, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2011:
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.
   • There is a lot of trouble in Petticoat Lane. In fact, the mock auction boys have muscled in to such an extent on the bomb damaged ground that there is a danger that Petticoat Lane may lose its good name by the boys coming in now with the "runouts" to make quick profits and then get out. 1953 July 10, Hansard:
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.
   • We determined that inaccuracy was caused by a large amount of tool runout.
8. (countable, uncountable) A sudden tension between two coupled railcars when the fore one is moving faster than the hinder one.
   • Researchers noted no unusual events (e.g., knuckle breaks) or notable instances of significant slack action or run-ins/run-outs at the lead locomotive during the test. 2024, Srini Swamy, Graydon F. Booth, Anand Prabhakaran, Very Long Trains: Moving Train Tests, Federal Railroad Administration:

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