outro
nounUS /ˈaʊt.ɹoʊ/ · UK /ˈaʊ.tɹəʊ/
Etymology Blend of out + intro, an analogy using out as the opposite of in. First attested in the title of the song The Intro and the Outro (1967), by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and written by Vivian Stanshall.
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Informal A portion of music at the end of a song.
- […] talking over the intro of a record and off the outro, weaving back and forth between two records spinning […]1977, Claude Hall, Barbara Hall, This business of radio programming:
- Find the spot in the script where you want the outro to start fading up.1992, Bruce Bartlett, Jenny Bartlett, Practical recording techniques:
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- 2009, 24 September, Jude Rogers in The Guardian, The trouble with remastered records But then something happens on I Want You (She's So Heavy), two minutes into the song's intense outro, when a cloud of white noise comes in, […]
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Informal The closing sequence at the end of a film, television program, video game, etc.
- Having gone through the intro and stopped, the next click plays the outro of the current section and then hits the following script at the end of the outro animation:2007, Rich Shupe, Zevan Rosser, Learning ActionScript 3.0: a beginner's guide: