bout

English Thesaurus

1. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking (noun.act)

hypernym	:	revel, revelry,
definition	:	unrestrained merrymaking (noun.act)

hyponym	:	piss-up,
definition	:	vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking (noun.act)

2. a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers) (noun.event)

hypernym	:	competition, contest,
definition	:	an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants (noun.event)

3. a period of illness (noun.time)

hypernym	:	period, period of time, time period,
definition	:	an amount of time (noun.time)

4. (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive (noun.time)

hypernym	:	division, part, section,
definition	:	one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	top, top of the inning,
definition	:	the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat (noun.time)

hyponym	:	bottom, bottom of the inning,
definition	:	the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat (noun.time)

part meronym	:	period of play, play, playing period,
definition	:	(in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds (noun.time)

domain category	:	athletics, sport,
definition	:	an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition (noun.act)

5. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking (noun.act)

derivation	:	binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff,
definition	:	overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself (verb.consumption)

derivation	:	binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff,
definition	:	overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself (verb.consumption)