runout
/ˈɹʌnaʊt/noun
runout is a noun meaning “Something that has been run out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-U-N-O-U-T, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of runout is runouts.
What does runout mean?
noun
- 1
Something that has been run out.
The landslide had a long runout.
- 2
The method of getting out (dismissed from play) in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.
- 3
A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.
- 4
Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.
- 5
The end portion of the groove of a phonographic record, after the recorded sound.
- 6
A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.
- 7
Deviation of the axis of rotation of a rotating object (especially a milling cutter or workpiece) relative to that object's centerline; the specific amount of deviation.
We determined that inaccuracy was caused by a large amount of tool runout.
- 8
A sudden tension between two coupled railcars when the fore one is moving faster than the hinder one.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce runout?
- /ˈɹʌnaʊt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-runout.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of runout
- runouts plural
- run-out
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is runout?
Runout appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does runout come from?
Deverbal from run out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).