count out
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To determine that a competitor has lost a match, by a referee's enumeration aloud of the increments of time for which the competitor has been incapacitated.
Transitive verb
verb
To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present.
Transitive verb
verb
To prevent the accession of (a legitimately elected person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "I may not be as young as I used to be, but I can still handle this job. Don't count me out."
- "They counted it out for these purposes because their accounting method handles it in another way."
- "The bank teller counted out five twenty-dollar bills and gave them to me."
- "The champ was knocked unconscious and counted out in the third round."
- "Dan stood over the fallen parson, and started to count him out."