ALL meanings of time out
time out
T t - noun plural time out a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break. 1
- noun plural time out 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. 1
- intransitivephrasal verbs time out web page: expire 1
- noun time out pause 1
- noun time out discipline technique 1
- variable noun time out In basketball, American football, ice hockey, and some other sports, when a team calls a time out, they call a stop to the game for a few minutes in order to rest and discuss how they are going to play. 0
- uncountable noun time out If you take time out from a job or activity, you have a break from it and do something different instead. 0
- noun time out in basketball, American football, ice hockey, and some other sports, when a team calls a time out, they call a stop to the game for a few minutes in order to rest and discuss how they are going to play 0
- noun time out if you take time out from a job or activity, you have a break from it and do something different instead 0
- noun time out an interruption in play during which players rest, discuss tactics, or make substitutions 0
- noun time out a break taken during working hours 0
- noun time out 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 0
- verb time out (of a computer) to stop operating because of a time-out 0