English Dictionary

flat out

/ˌflæt ˈaʊt/

noun

(US, dated) A total failure. / A baked portion of flatbread; a baked item that is not meant to rise. / (food) A wrap, an item of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.

I am flat out of ideas.

意味（1）

(US, dated) A total failure.

意味（2）

A baked portion of flatbread; a baked item that is not meant to rise.

His hands were of the same somber hue as the bare feet of the children who clustered near the table, looking toward it whistfully until the eldest mustered sufficient courage to ask his mother for one of 'em yere flat-outs.

意味（3）

(food) A wrap, an item of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.

意味（4）

(skiing) A section of piste that is relatively flat, causing or allowing skiers to slow down.

The would-be daredevils are mercifully prevented from going too fast by strategically placed flat-outs.

意味（5）

(motor racing, horse racing) A uncambered corner of racetrack; a racetrack whose corners are uncambered.

The circuit is very well endowed with corners of all sorts from hairpins to flat-outs, has a 1,540-yd. straight and measures 5.2 miles, partly on an airfield, partly through a built-up area.