pullout
/pˈʊlˌaʊt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level or climbing flight.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
An area by the side of a road where vehicles may temporarily stop in safety. Typical pullouts allow drivers and passengers to safely exit the vehicle but rarely have additional amenities.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Capt. Greg Baarts with the CHP Northern Division says information pulled from the SUV's software shows the vehicle was stopped at the highway pullout before it accelerated straight off the cliff."
- "Here's a pretty strange pullout. An "El Rollo." When Corky does something strange, everyone for 50 yards knows all about it."
- "Most pullouts, then and today, are done by simply angling or pivoting the board up and over the wave crest."
- "[…] Machado, who turns what might seem like a handicap, that lankiness, to rubbery advantage in his sinuous carving and slackly cool pullouts."
Etymology
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military.