bout Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
    turn; round.
  2. noun a period of illness
    • a bout of fever
    • a bout of depression
  3. noun a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers)
  4. noun an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
    tear; binge; bust.
    • they went on a bust that lasted three days

WordNet

Bout noun
Etymology
A different spelling and application of bought bend.
Definitions
  1. As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round.
    In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out. Milton.
    The prince . . . has taken me in his train, so that I am in no danger of starving for this bout. Goldsmith.
  2. A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout.
    The gentleman will, for his honor's sake, have one bout with you; he can not by the duello avoid it. Shak.

Webster 1913