pullout
Meanings
noun
- A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.
- The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level or climbing flight.
- An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.
- Synonym of liftout (“quotation given special visual treatment”).
- An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.
- The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the surfboard into or over the back of a wave.
- The coitus interruptus method of birth control.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Deverbal from pull out.
Synonyms
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