Timeout
noun
A short break in a game or activity.
The coach called a timeout right before the crucial moment of the game.
Often appears as...
- call a timeout
- take a timeout
noun
A break in activity allowed to kids for bad behavior.
When children misbehave, some parents put them in timeout.
Often appears as...
- put in timeout
- sit in timeout
noun
A period of time when a device or system stops due to an error or failure.
If you don't login within a certain period, there will be a network timeout.
Often appears as...
- network timeout
- session timeout
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Technical
noun
A short break in a game or activity.
The coach called a timeout right before the crucial moment of the game.
Often appears as...
- call a timeout
- take a timeout
noun
A break in activity allowed to kids for bad behavior.
When children misbehave, some parents put them in timeout.
Often appears as...
- put in timeout
- sit in timeout
noun
A period of time when a device or system stops due to an error or failure.
If you don't login within a certain period, there will be a network timeout.
Often appears as...
- network timeout
- session timeout
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Sports Strategy
In sports, timeouts are strategic, letting teams plan or disrupt rhythm.
The basketball team used a timeout to strategize their final play.
Pro Tip 2/3Rest Period
Timeouts offer players a rest and a chance to recover during games.
The players looked exhausted before the timeout.
Pro Tip 3/3Viewer's Break
During televised sports, timeouts often lead to commercial breaks.
We'll see what the coach decides after the timeout and these messages.
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breakbreatherhiatalintermissionpauserecessrestsuspension
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Bent and Broken - Behind...
battery style timeout here it's very cold once we run out of batteries we can't drop a bar we can't just walk in and flip on a switch here there's no switch alright so the generators we use out here Wiseman the power our charging
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Swimming with Bull...
winded roboshark calls timeout
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The path toward...
said timeout you got to come back and give service to Nigeria and that's what I did I spent 20 years in the private sector working for architects and engineers designing schools and hospitals and traveling the length and breadth of nature as a single northern major and woman very difficult in those
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Bent and Broken - Behind...
battery style timeout here it's very cold once we run out of batteries we can't drop a bar we can't just walk in and flip on a switch here there's no switch alright so the generators we use out here Wiseman the power our charging
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Swimming with Bull...
winded roboshark calls timeout
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Nick Nurse
American Coach
Sometimes I'm in that timeout, and I say, 'Let's go a possession of zone,' and they're like, 'Yeah, let's do it,' and that shows that they're confident enough to roll with whatever we're doing. And sometimes they're like, 'No, no, no, no.' They don't want a possession to get away from them, possibly.
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Kiki Bertens
I would like to see a rule change - or at least a discussion around the issue - where you can have an injury timeout but then you lose a point. I think it needs something to make players consider if they really need the timeout.
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Mike Singletary
American Athlete
My first game, I played the first play of the game and called a timeout and got sat down, got benched for the rest of the game, and we won the game. It was the longest day of my life. Long day. Very embarrassing.
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Richard Grasso
American Businessman
Let's take a timeout. Let's allow investors the opportunity in a period of market calm to re-examine what's happened and to deploy new strategies into the marketplace.
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Diana Taurasi
American Basketball Player
On the nights the Lakers played, I wouldn't miss a second of the game. Every timeout, every commercial, I'd run to the front yard to imitate my favorite Laker, Kobe.
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Mike Budenholzer
American Coach
Lots of coaches like to draw up a play in a timeout and most, if not all of them, are drawn up against man-to-man type coverages and defenses.
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Akshaye Khanna
Indian Actor
There's a perception in the industry that if the actor is not working or has taken a timeout, he or she has left the film circuit.
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Holly Branson
I always thought when I left medicine it would just be a one-year timeout and I'd go back, but that's now turned into many more.
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Lance Armstrong
American Cyclist
I may be in timeout forever. But I hope not to be.
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Nick Nurse
American Coach
Sometimes I'm in that timeout, and I say, 'Let's go a possession of zone,' and they're like, 'Yeah, let's do it,' and that shows that they're confident enough to roll with whatever we're doing. And sometimes they're like, 'No, no, no, no.' They don't want a possession to get away from them, possibly.
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Kiki Bertens
I would like to see a rule change - or at least a discussion around the issue - where you can have an injury timeout but then you lose a point. I think it needs something to make players consider if they really need the timeout.
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Mike Singletary
American Athlete
My first game, I played the first play of the game and called a timeout and got sat down, got benched for the rest of the game, and we won the game. It was the longest day of my life. Long day. Very embarrassing.
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Richard Grasso
American Businessman
Let's take a timeout. Let's allow investors the opportunity in a period of market calm to re-examine what's happened and to deploy new strategies into the marketplace.
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Diana Taurasi
American Basketball Player
On the nights the Lakers played, I wouldn't miss a second of the game. Every timeout, every commercial, I'd run to the front yard to imitate my favorite Laker, Kobe.
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Mike Budenholzer
American Coach
Lots of coaches like to draw up a play in a timeout and most, if not all of them, are drawn up against man-to-man type coverages and defenses.
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Akshaye Khanna
Indian Actor
There's a perception in the industry that if the actor is not working or has taken a timeout, he or she has left the film circuit.
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Holly Branson
I always thought when I left medicine it would just be a one-year timeout and I'd go back, but that's now turned into many more.
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Lance Armstrong
American Cyclist
I may be in timeout forever. But I hope not to be.
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