1. Count items while removing or distributing them
   "She counted out five dollars in change"
    
2. Exclude or reject someone or something
   "They counted him out of the team selection"
    
3. [informal] Declare something finished or someone defeated
   "After that disastrous interview, you can count me out of the running for the job"
    
4. (boxing) declare (a boxer) defeated after failing to rise within a specified count
   "The referee counted out the boxer after the knockdown"

Derived forms: counted out, counting out, counts out

See also: count

Type of: declare, pronounce

Encyclopedia: Count out