pullout

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A withdrawal, especially of armed forces.
  2. The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level or climbing flight.
  3. An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.
  4. Synonym of liftout (“quotation given special visual treatment”).
  5. 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.
  6. The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the surfboard into or over the back of a wave.
  7. The coitus interruptus method of birth control.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

pullout pullouts pull-out

Etymology

Deverbal from pull out.

Synonyms

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