# runout

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹʌnaʊt/

## Definitions
1. Something that has been run out.
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.
8. A sudden tension between two coupled railcars when the fore one is moving faster than the hinder one.

## Etymology
Deverbal from run out.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/runout