Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breakout

/bɹˈeɪkˌaʊt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.49 in modern English

Syllables: break-out
IPA: /bɹˈeɪkˌaʊt/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An escape from prison.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The point at which visibility returns after passing through clouds.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An outbreak (sudden eruption of disease etc.).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A style of video game that involves moving a paddle to deflect a ball into a wall of bricks to eliminate them one by one.

Uncountable

adj

Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to sudden mainstream success.

Example Sentences

"But for those of you who never had teenage acne or who had some teenage acne problems and outgrew them, it is a real shock to start having breakouts in the mid twenties to late thirties."
"[…] a "breakout" game where a ball is bounced off a bar at the bottom of the screen up to a wall of bricks. Each time the ball strikes a brick it is eliminated and points are awarded."
"[…] a breakout game in Greenfoot […] In breakout the user hits a ball with a paddle into bricks […]"
"[…] a breakout game clone on the left, with rectangular bricks."
"[…] a breakout game which is based on a 1970's arcade game, where a player character moves a paddle on the lower part of the game screen in order to break bricks on the upper part of the game screen using a ball that may bounce back […]"
"Then in 1991, Jada won her breakout role playing Lena James on NBC's A Different World."

Etymology

Deverbal from break out. The video game genre is named after Breakout, the first game of this kind, released in 1976 by Atari.

Usage

Inflected Forms

breakouts (plural)

Phrases

breakout board breakout character breakout force breakout group breakout room breakout session

Frequently Paired Words

outbreak

Synonyms

jailbreak prison break break gaolbreak prisonbreak prison-breaking

Rhymes With

takeout stakeout shakeout

Questions

How do you pronounce breakout?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɹˈeɪkˌaʊt/.
What does breakout mean?: An escape from prison.
Where does breakout come from?: Deverbal from break out. The video game genre is named after Breakout, the first game of this kind, released in 1976 by Atari.

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