takeout

adj
/ˈteɪkaʊt/US

Etymology

Deverbal from take out.

Definitions

  1. (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.

  2. Food purchased from a takeaway.

  3. A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play, a takeout shot.

  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the…

      A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents.

    2. A detailed news segment.

      • Takeouts on important running topics in the news are one way to add a valuable dimension to the evening news. One consequence, however, has been that there are fewer minutes available on the broadcast for hard news out of Washington.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for takeout. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA