timeout
/ˈtaɪmaʊt/
noun
- A short break or pause in an activity, especially in sports.
- During the timeout, the players drank water and listened to their coach.
- The referee signaled a timeout because a player was injured.
- The coach called a timeout to discuss the team's strategy.
- A period when a child is told to sit alone as a punishment for bad behavior.
- After hitting his sister, he had to sit in timeout for five minutes.
- The teacher used a timeout to calm down the upset student.
- My parents believe that a short timeout helps children learn self-control.
- A situation in computing where an operation is stopped because it took too long.
- I had to refresh the page after a timeout stopped the connection.
- If the download does not finish in 30 seconds, a timeout will occur.
- The website gave a timeout error because the server was too slow.
verb
- To stop or end an operation because it has taken too long, especially in computing.
- The game timed out because no one made a move for several minutes.
- The program will timeout if you don't enter your password within one minute.
- My internet connection timed out while I was trying to upload the file.