1. (sport) a division of a game during which one team is on the offensive
   "The team maintained possession throughout the bout";
   - turn, round
    
2. A period of illness
   "a bout of fever"; "a bout of depression"
    
3. A contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
   "The championship bout lasted twelve rounds"
    
4. An occasion for excessive eating or drinking
   "The holiday celebration turned into a bout of overeating";
   - bust [informal], tear [US, informal], binge [informal]
    
5. An instance of something lasting a short period
   "She suffered a bout of flu last winter"

Derived forms: bouts

Type of: competition, contest, division, part, period, period of time, revel, revelry, section, time period, time span

Part of: period of play, play, playing period

Encyclopedia: Bout