timeouts
/ˈtaɪmaʊts/
noun
- Plural of timeout; short breaks or pauses in activities, especially in sports.
- The coach saved the timeouts for the last few minutes of the match.
- The team used all three of its timeouts in the final quarter.
- Each player is allowed two timeouts per game.
- Plural of timeout; periods when children are told to sit alone as punishment.
- My parents rarely used timeouts when I was young.
- The teacher gave several timeouts to students who were misbehaving.
- The daycare center has a special chair for timeouts.
- Plural of timeout; computing errors when operations take too long.
- I got several timeouts while trying to load the video.
- Timeouts can be frustrating when you are in a hurry.
- The server keeps giving timeouts because too many people are using it.