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Synonyms
bout (bout)

[From obsolete English bought, a turning (influenced by about), from Middle English, from bowen, to bend, turn; see bow2.]

noun 

  1. A contest between antagonists; a match: a wrestling bout.
  2. A period of time spent in a particular way; a spell: “His tremendous bouts of drinking had wrecked his health” (Thomas Wolfe)