Definitions
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
Word origin
From Middle English bout, bowt, bught (whence also modern English bought (“bend, curve”)), probably from Old English *buht (“bend, turn”), an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend, curve”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”). Equivalent to bow + -t. Doublet of bight and bought.
Used in a sentence
“a bout of drought”
“a coughing bout”
“a long bout of the flu”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Short contest”4 letters
02“Match or contest”4 letters
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