(slang) Avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out. / (slang) An excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.

(transitive) To separate and recover (valuable minerals) by swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold.

(intransitive) To confirm and pay for goods and services at a facility (e.g.: supermarket, online store, hotel) when leaving.

(transitive) To watch a location and/or people, generally covertly. / (transitive) To mark off the limits by stakes

(transitive) To supplement. / (transitive) To obtain with difficulty or effort.

To remove. / To escort someone on a date. / (idiomatic) To immobilize with force; to subdue; to incapacitate. / (slang, idiomatic) To kill or destroy.

Misspelling of takeout.

(intransitive, often with at) To lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arm's length of the striker and at or near the level of the striker's head.

(idiomatic) To cover, obscure, or overwhelm by being louder or more intense than.

Of a selection, the property of having to choose explicitly to avoid or forbid something; a decision having the default option being inclusion or permission; used particularly with regard to mailing lists and advertisement.