Dictionary

takeout en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• audio Wisconsin
• /ˈteɪkaʊt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Deverbal from take out.

Meanings

1. (Canada, US, not-comparable) (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.

Forms

Synonyms

to go · takeaway · grab and go · carryout · takeaways

Translations (17)

cmn 外賣 /外卖 ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · es para llevar ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · de zum Mitnehmen ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · ru на вы́нос ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · pt para fora ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · pt para levar ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · fr à emporter ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · ar سَفَريّ ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · gl para levar ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · pl na wynos ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · id bungkus ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · bg за вкъщи ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · id bawa pulang ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · ro la pachet ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · ms bungkus ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · cmn 打包 ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought) · it da asporto ((of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought)

takeout en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• audio Wisconsin
• /ˈteɪkaʊt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Deverbal from take out.

Meanings

1. (Canada, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable) Food purchased from a takeaway.
2. (Canada, US, countable, informal, rare) Synonym of takeaway (“a restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere”).
   • The number of takeouts that have grubby floors is astonishing. Shut them down. 2009 October 4, hellicopter, “Land tax will do little”, in nz.general (Usenet):
   • I was just driving by the wharfs out in Eastern Passage today and I noticed all the restaurants/takeouts there. Are any of them good to eat at ? 2007 June 13, Why Me ?, “Eastern passage restaurants ?”, in hfx.general (Usenet):
   • Investigators visited dozens of Chinese restaurants, takeouts and buffets. 2005 May 12, Jennifer 8. Lee, “As the cookie crumbles, winners galore in lottery”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2019:
   • Have you strolled around King and James lately? McDonald’s, occupying the most prominent location, is flanked by a series of discos, take-outs, coffee shops and doughnuterias—an altogether unappetizing looking collection. 1984 October 16, Bea Davids, “There are a few oases for the gourmet”, in Alex Beer, editor, The Spectator, city edition, volume CXXXVIII, number 244, Hamilton, Ont.: Southam Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D6, column 3:
3. (countable) A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play, a takeout shot.
4. (countable) A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents.
5. (countable) A detailed news segment.
   • Takeouts on important running topics in the news are one way to add a valuable dimension to the evening news. One consequence, however, has been that there are fewer minutes available on the broadcast for hard news out of Washington. 1994, Penn Kimball, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Downsizing the news: network cutbacks in the nation's capital (page 19)
6. (countable) A designated point for canoes, rafts, etc. to be removed from the water after use.
   • The campsite starts at the 'official' takeout, after the 'No Paddling Past This Point' type signs. One of the best kept sectrets^([sic]) seemed to be that if you paddled down to just above the campiste^([sic]) bridge there was a takeout where the WCA bus would pick you up and shuttle you to the top. 1998 May 28, Charlie Wood, “Tryweryn Party w/e”, in uk.rec.boats.paddle (Usenet):
   • We are NOT whitewater canoeists, so I'm interested in an easy part of the river that would take about 3 days to float and would put us at a takeout where we could do about 3 days of hiking. 1996 March 22, Evan Stepp, “Buffalo National River”, in rec.backcountry (Usenet):
   • My favorite is being met at a takeout (near where the fundamentalist Mormons, polygamists,^([sic]) have their compound/school/armory by a guy with a shotgun under his arm and a barely-restrained dog on a leash[)]. "What're you boys doin' on my land?" "We really didn't know it was your land, sir, it was take out here or go over a 20- foot diversion dam." Talked our way out of that one but I haven't run that stretch since. 1994 January 14, ROY WEBB, C.A., “industrial river running”, in rec.boats.paddle (Usenet):

Forms

Deriveds

takeout double · fakeout

Descendants

テークアウト · 테이크아웃 · テイクアウト

Relateds

take out · outtake

Synonyms

carryout · takeaway · takeaway

Translations (18)

de Takeaway (food purchased from a takeaway) · ja テイクアウト (food purchased from a takeaway) · bg храна за вкъщи (food purchased from a takeaway) · ja お持ち帰り (food purchased from a takeaway) · sv hämtmat (food purchased from a takeaway) · es comida para llevar (food purchased from a takeaway) · fr vente à emporter (food purchased from a takeaway) · da afhentning (food purchased from a takeaway) · sv takeaway (food purchased from a takeaway) · ja テークアウト (food purchased from a takeaway) · ru на вынос (food purchased from a takeaway) · de Essen zum Mitnehmen (food purchased from a takeaway) · yi אַהיימוואַרג (food purchased from a takeaway) · fi noutoruoka (food purchased from a takeaway) · ja テイクアウト (curling: a stone that hits another stone, removing it from play) · ko 테이크아웃 (curling: a stone that hits another stone, removing it from play) · fr plat à emporter (food purchased from a takeaway) · ko 테이크아웃 (food purchased from a takeaway)