time-out
or time·out
[ tahym-out ]
/ ˈtaɪmˈaʊt /
noun, plural time-outs.
a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
Sports.
a short interruption in a regular period of play during which a referee or other official stops the clock so that the players may rest, deliberate, make substitutions, etc.
Origin of time-out
First recorded in 1870–75
Words nearby time-out
Example sentences from the Web for time-out
But that whole situation was defused by her taking a time-out and me talking to her and explaining what I meant.
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British Dictionary definitions for time-out
time-out
noun
sport
an interruption in play during which players rest, discuss tactics, or make substitutions
a break taken during working hours
computing
a condition occurring when the amount of time a computer has been instructed to wait for another device to perform a task has expired, usually indicated by an error message
verb time out
(intr)
(of a computer) to stop operating because of a time-out