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    [Noun]  | "bout" | \ ˈbau̇t \


    1: a spell or period of activity: such as

    2: an athletic match (as of boxing)

    3: outbreak, attack


    Origin: 1575 ;

     English dialect, a trip going and returning in plowing, from Middle English bought bend;

    [French phrase]  | "au bout de son la*tin" | \ ō-büd-sōⁿ-lä-taⁿ \


    1: at the end of one's Latin : at the end of one's mental resources : exhausted

    [Noun]  | "bout" 


    1: a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize;


      * e.g., " ... undoubtedly the team's best wrestler, he hasn't lost a bout yet "



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    2: a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder;


      * e.g., " ... she's currently suffering from a bout of the flu "



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     [ "bout" ]

    1: short for about, it sounds more ebonic this way

      * e.g.,  ... damn bitch what was dat bout 

     [ "bout" ]

    1: "Bout ----" means "----- is not true-shut up", basically

      * e.g.,  ... Bert: "Sorry I couldn't come over yesterday, was working" 

     [ "bout" ]

    1: a fight

      * e.g.,  ... Spike and Rampage are havin a bout; they are fighting 

     [ "bout" ]

    1: Ebonic way of saying '' about ''

      * e.g.,  ... I need some money, you know what I'm talkin bout! 

     [ "bout" ]

    1: Usually used in a Derogatory nature what ever word follows now means the opposite of what it meant before. Can also be pronounced “about”

      * e.g.,  ... Your “bout smart” = You’re an idiot 

     [ "bout" ]

    1: garbage or poor quality weed

      * e.g.,  ... that green was bout. 

     [ "bout" ]

    1: Usually said when pointing to a can of soda as you walk to your lunch table.

      * e.g.,  ... A A A! Bout? 

     [ "bout it bout it" ]

    1: when youre down to do whatever

      * e.g.,  ... jay : "we gon go out tonight and do w.e., you bout it?" 

     [ "'bout that" ]

    1: Made famous in the mid-nineties in Somerset. A literal definition would be "isn't it just?", "yes, that's right" or "I agree".

      * e.g.,  ... - Wells carnival was a jolly affair. 


     [ "'bout that" ]

    2: Never really caught on but worth documenting in case lost forever.

      * e.g.,  ... - I know, 'bout that. 

     [ "'bout" ]

    1: Short for "about".

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