plural of bout

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bout

A period of something, especially one painful or unpleasant. / (boxing) A boxing match. / (fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept. / (roller derby) A roller derby match.

To contest a bout.

(colloquial) Aphetic form of about

(colloquial or poetic) about.

present participle of bout

simple past tense and past participle of bout

(dated) Words that rhyme, proposed in a parlour game as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered.

(intransitive, nautical) Alternative form of about ship (“to tack through 180 degrees”)