Definition of Runout

1. Noun. Something that has been run out. ¹

2. Noun. (cricket) A run out, a running out. The method of getting out in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball. ¹

3. Noun. (engineering) The location control of a filleted surface tangent to a circular feature along its inner edge. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Runout

1. the end of a film strip [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Runout

runningback
runningbacks
runningly
runnings
runnion
runnions
runny
runny nose
runny noses
runoff
runoffs
runological
runologist
runologists
runology
runout (current term)
runouts
runover
runovers
runproof
runrig
runrigs
runround
runrounds
runs
runs about
runs around
runs away
runs back
runs batted in

Literary usage of Runout

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Kennington and Its Neighborhood: With Chapters on Cricket by Henry Hutchinson Montgomery (1889)
"G. Leicester, Esq., b T. Walker 4 ... b Wells 10 T. Boxall, b T. Walker 6 ... runout 9 J. Hammond, b Wells 29 ... not out 5 W. ..."

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