1. (baseball) an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)
   "the first baseman made 15 putouts"

1. Extinguish a fire or light
   "put out the lights";
   - douse
    
2. Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
   "put out fires";
   - smother
    
3. Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
   "put out a magazine or newspaper";
   - publish, bring out, issue, release, drop [informal]
    
4. Cause inconvenience or discomfort to
   - trouble, inconvenience, disoblige, discommode [archaic], incommode [archaic], bother
    
5. Put out considerable effort
   "He put out the same for seven managers"
    
6. Thrust or extend out
   "He put out his hand to greet the visitor";
   - exsert, stretch out, extend, hold out, stretch forth
    
7. Administer an anaesthetic drug to
   "The surgeon put out the patient before the operation";
   - anesthetize [N. Amer], anaesthetize [Brit, Cdn], anaesthetise [Brit], put under
    
8. [N. Amer, informal] Be sexually active
   "She is supposed to put out"
    
9. (baseball) cause to be out on a fielding play
   "The shortstop put out the runner at first base";
   - retire
    
10. (baseball) retire
    "he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field"

Derived forms: put out, putouts, puts out, putting out

See also: put

Type of: act, affect, air, bare, bear on, bear upon, create, dose, drug, extinguish, fiddle, gesticulate, gesture, impact, make, motion, move, out, play, produce, publicise [Brit], publicize, quench, snuff out, toy

Encyclopedia: Putout