intj, noun, verb — 14 senses
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To call for a time-out.
Idiomatic To call for a suspension of activity or conversation.
Used to announce the end of time in and the beginning of time out.
Live action roleplaying games
Alternative Alternative spelling of time-out.
The period of a live action roleplaying event when players are out of character.
Live action roleplaying games
The point at which such a period begins.
Live action roleplaying games
Communication, Communications To end (an incomplete task) after a time limit.
Communication, Communications Of a task, to be terminated because it was not completed before a time limit.
Business To record the end of one's day or shift at work.
Human resources
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To declare (the batsman) out for having taken longer than two minutes to appear on the field.
UK /ˈtaɪm.aʊt/
Etymology From time + out.
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A short break in the action of a sport, for substitution, consultation, etc.
Childish A break from a tense, heated or stressful situation (often enforced, sometimes as a disciplinary measure); a cooling-off period.
Informal A perhaps temporary break in a relationship.
Communication, Communications The abortion of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
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