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Pullout

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A withdrawal, especially of armed forces. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    to break off a military action with an enemy wordnet
  3. 3
    The change of the flight of an aircraft from a dive to level or climbing flight. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    An object, such as a newspaper supplement, that can be pulled out from something else. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Synonym of liftout (“quotation given special visual treatment”). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    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

    "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."

  2. 7
    The ending of a period of surfing by navigating the surfboard into or over the back of a wave. countable, uncountable

    "Here's a pretty strange pullout. An "El Rollo." When Corky does something strange, everyone for 50 yards knows all about it."

  3. 8
    The coitus interruptus method of birth control. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Deverbal from pull out.

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