timeout
Meaning of timeout
noun
- A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.
We're being beaten! We need a time-out!
- A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a disciplinary measure); a cooling-off period.
Hitting people is not acceptable! Go to your room and take a time-out!
- (communication) The intentional ending of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
- (communication) The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.
- (communication) The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
My connection was so slow that I kept receiving timeouts when trying to view Web pages.
Information about timeout
- It is a name.
- The plural form of timeout is: timeouts.
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Hyphenation of timeout
time-out
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- timeout is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with timeout
fadeout, hideout, wideout, bakeout, keout, pokeout, shakeout, stakeout, strikeout, takeout, flameout, typeout, wipeout, hereout, rinthereout, thereout, whereout, closeout, phaseout, whiteout
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