runout

runoutnoun/ˈɹʌnaʊt/

• 1

  Something that has been run out.

  • The landslide had a long runout.
  • The freeway guardrail runout around this object is shorter than recommended.
• 2

  ball-gamescricketgamesThe method of getting out (dismissed from play) in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.

• 3

  hobbieslifestyleskiingA relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.

• 4

  hobbieslifestyleskiingSlowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.

  • If, as people often say, skiing is like sex, then the run-out that follows a great run—that breezy pole-and-glide along a logging road, stream, or moraine back to the lift, hut, truck, or bar—is the cigarette in bed.
• 5

  The end portion of the groove of a phonographic record, after the recorded sound.

• 6

  A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.

  • There is a lot of trouble in Petticoat Lane. In fact, the mock auction boys have muscled in to such an extent on the bomb damaged ground that there is a danger that Petticoat Lane may lose its good name by the boys coming in now with the "runouts" to make quick profits and then get out.
• 7

  engineeringmechanicalmechanical-engineeringDeviation of the axis of rotation of a rotating object (especially a milling cutter or workpiece) relative to that object's centerline; the specific amount of deviation.

  • We determined that inaccuracy was caused by a large amount of tool runout.
• 8

  A sudden tension between two coupled railcars when the fore one is moving faster than the hinder one.

  • Researchers noted no unusual events (e.g., knuckle breaks) or notable instances of significant slack action or run-ins/run-outs at the lead locomotive during the test.