bout
noun/baʊt/
/baʊt/
- a short period of great activity; a short period during which there is a lot of a particular thing, usually something unpleasant
- They had been fighting after a drinking bout.
- bout of something/of doing something the latest bout of inflation
- There has been a severe bout of inflation over recent months.
- Regular exercise is better than occasional bouts of strenuous activity.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bad
- nasty
- prolonged
- …
- get
- have
- suffer
- …
- during a/the bout
- bout of
- bout with
- …
- bout (of something) an attack or period of illness
- a severe bout of flu/coughing
- He suffered occasional bouts of depression.
- bout (with something) (North American English) a bout with the flu
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsc2- I got a bad bout of the flu last winter.
- He's just recovering from a severe bout of flu.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bad
- nasty
- prolonged
- …
- get
- have
- suffer
- …
- during a/the bout
- bout of
- bout with
- …
- a boxing or wrestling match
- A karate bout lasts for two or three minutes.
- It was hailed as one of the best heavyweight bouts of recent times.
- The doctor halted their bout after the ninth round.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a curve or circuit, hence later a “turn” of activity): from dialect bought ‘bend, loop’; probably of Low German origin.
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