bout (n.)
- arsis
- bacchanal
- bacchanalia
- bat
- beat
- bender
- binge
- boxing
- bust
- carousal
- carouse
- celebration
- chance
- circle
- circuit
- contest
- course
- cycle
- debauch
- decathlon
- derby
- diastole
- doubles
- downbeat
- drunk
- duel
- encounter
- engagement
- escapade
- event
- fight
- fighting
- fisticuffs
- fling
- foursome
- game
- games
- go
- gymkhana
- inning
- innings
- jag
- joust
- lark
- match
- matching
- meet
- meeting
- occasion
- opportunity
- orgy
- pentathlon
- period
- place
- play
- ploy
- potation
- prizefight
- pugilism
- pulse
- race
- rally
- randy
- relief
- revel
- revolution
- rotation
- round
- runoff
- say
- series
- session
- set-to
- shadowboxing
- shift
- singles
- spar
- spell
- sport
- spree
- stint
- struggle
- symposium
- systole
- tear
- test
- thesis
- threesome
- tilt
- time
- toot
- tour
- tournament
- tourney
- trial
- trick
- turn
- twosome
- upbeat
- wassail
- whack
- wheel
bout (v.)
- bat
- beat
- binge
- bust
- carouse
- chance
- circle
- circuit
- contest
- course
- cycle
- debauch
- duel
- encounter
- event
- fight
- fling
- game
- go
- guzzle
- jag
- joust
- lark
- match
- meet
- occasion
- place
- play
- ploy
- prizefight
- pub-crawl
- pulse
- race
- rally
- revel
- round
- say
- shift
- spar
- spell
- sport
- spree
- stint
- struggle
- tear
- test
- tilt
- time
- toot
- tour
- tourney
- trick
- turn
- wassail
- whack
- wheel
bout (adv.)
bout (adj.)
And ever against eating cares
Lap me in soft Lydian airs,
Married to immortal verse,
Such as the meeting soul may pierce,
In notes with many a winding bout
Of linked sweetness long drawn out.
