time-out

• timeout (especially US)

From time +‎ out.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/

• Audio (US):

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time-out (plural time-outs)

1. (sports) A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.

   We're being beaten! We need a time-out!

2. (childish) A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a disciplinary measure); a cooling-off period.

   I'm going to take a brief time-out from this job.

   Hitting people is not acceptable! Go to your room and take a time-out!

   • 2001 January 3, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):

     As punishment, my mom gave me a 15-minute time-out.

3. (communication) The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.

• timeout

time-out c

1. a timeout (in sports, or figuratively)

   begära timeout

   call timeout

   ta timeout

   take a timeout

• time-out in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• time-out in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• time-out in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)