Time-out (Noun)
Meaning
A brief suspension of play; "each team has two time-outs left".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The coach called a time-out to regroup her team and discuss strategy.
- The football team exhausted their three time-outs in a futile effort to stop their opponent's momentum.
- With only seconds left in the game, the disappointed coach used his last time-out to try and rally the team.
- In their comeback bid, they had to work quickly as they had no time-outs left.
- The referee waved his hands, signaling that the game was about to resume, but not before the visiting team took a time-out to catch their breath.