TIME-OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does time-out mean? 

• TIME-OUT (noun)
  The noun TIME-OUT has 1 sense:

1. a brief suspension of play

  Familiarity information: TIME-OUT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIME-OUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief suspension of play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

each team has two time-outs left

Hypernyms ("time-out" is a kind of...):

break; intermission; interruption; pause; suspension (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)

Holonyms ("time-out" is a part of...):

athletic game (a game involving athletic activity)