out

Noun

out (plural outs)

1. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.

   They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.

2. (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play because the defending team threw the baseball past the batter three times in the strike zone, fielded a ball hit in the air, or fielded a ball hit to the ground and moved the ball to a defender blocking the runner"s ability to move from base to base.

Synonyms:

• (3) openly gay

Antonyms:

• (1) [[into]]
• (2) [[in]]

3 letters in word "out": O T U.

No anagrams for out found in this word list.

Words found within out:

ou to ut

• Definitions:
• out(p): not allowed to continue to bat or run; "he was tagged out at second on a close play"; "he fanned out" extinct: being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "the fire is out" out(p): not worth considering as a possibility; "a picnic is out because of the weather" out(a): out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election; "now the Democrats are out" forbidden: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject" out(a): directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket" no longer fashionable; "that style is out these days" come out of the closet: to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year" out(a): outside or external; "the out surface of a ship's hull" away from home; "they went out last night" reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent" outer or outlying; "the out islands" knocked out(p): knocked unconscious by a heavy blow away: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave away the tickets" be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out" (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"
• Out is a crime-fiction novel written by Japanese author Natsuo Kirino. It is her first novel to be published in the English language. The book is currently published by Vintage, part of Random House, in Britain and has been translated into English by Stephen Snyder.
• In a poker game with more than one betting round, an out is any unseen card that, if drawn, will improve a player's hand to one that is likely to win. Knowing the number of outs a player has is an important part of poker strategy. ...
• An Out route is a pattern run by a receiver in American Football, where the receiver will start running a Fly pattern, but after a certain number of steps, will cut hard 90 degrees towards the sideline closest to him, away (or outside) from the Quarterback. ...
• OUTeverywhere (also known simply as OUT and formerly OUTintheUK) is a website providing an online lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, chiefly in the UK, although it has members worldwide. ...
• In baseball, an out occurs when the defensive, or fielding, team effects any of a number of different events, and the umpire rules a batter or baserunner out. When a player is called out, he is said to be retired. When three outs are recorded in an inning, it is said that "the side is retired."
• Out () is a popular gay men's fashion, entertainment, and lifestyle magazine with the highest circulation of any gay monthy publication in the United States. It carries itself in a similar editorial manner to Details and GQ. Out is published by LPI Media (wholly owned by PlanetOut Inc. ...
• OUT was a remarkable drama - the tale of Frank Ross (actor Tom Bell) returning from a prison sentance for armed robbery only to find that his share of the spoils have gone missing.
• "Out" is the ninth episode of the first season of Dark Angel.
• Out (In Essence) is the second album by British electronica group Fluke, first released in 1991 (see 1991 in music).
• The first nine holes of an 18 hole course. The second 9 holes is going "in"
• An 'out' was ten chains. When counting out long lines, the chain carriers would put a stake at the end of a chain, move the chain and put a stake at the end, and so on until they ran "out" of ten stakes.
• To undertake an opposite position, ie if the initial transaction was a purchase, the closing out activity is to sell the same tonnage for the same prompt date.
• The last chorus of a tune, when the head is played for the last time. On the stand the gesture of a raised clenched fist or a finger pointing to the head indicates that the out chorus is coming up.
• any tennis ball that lands outside the area of play.
• The moment or manner the writer ends a particular scene . ("Could we find a better out for the dinner party scene?") See IN .
• A card that will improve your hand to a winning one.
• A declaration by the umpire that a player who is trying for a base is not entitled to that base.
• Descriptive of a shot that lands outside the playing area, wide and/or long.
• Studies among cancer patients and healthy populations that involve no intervention or alteration in the status of the participants, eg, surveillance, risk assessment, outcome, environmental and behavioral studies, etc.
• Operational taxonomic unit, usually synonymous with terminal taxon.
• (also "front, front nine, front side, first nine") Example: Kathy went out in 36 and came in with 37, for an 18 hole total of 73.
• Seen by Fuller as appropriate replacements for up, down, to describe the directions toward the earth's center and away from the earth's surface, respectively.
• The act by which a class member elects to exclude himself from a class proceeding. This action has generally has the effect of not binding the class member to any judgment in the case. ...
• using phonics to figure out words.
• A take, no part of which has been used in the cut work picture.
• This is a radio term meaning, "Out at the emergency location." When you are "out" you are out of service.
• represents data flowing from the device or component instance. An OUT-port is a data producer. For example, data flows out of a network interface, out of the CT Bus (or SCbus), out of the player component instance, or out of the tone generator component instance.
• First nine holes on an eighteen hole golf course.
• An ending to a trick that the magician uses if the trick goes wrong.
• The initial 9 holes on an 18 hole course.
• Away from the center of the stage.
• An out is recorded when the opposing team either (A) catches a ball hit in either foul or fair territory before it touches the ground, (B) when a pitcher records three strikes against a batter, (C) when a player is forced out, or (D) when a player is tagged out. ...
• A term comparing the extreme front and rear of the front tires. Closer together at the front is toe-in; farther apart at the front is toe-out.
• Any shot hit outside legal boundaries of the court.

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