# takeout

Pronunciation: say "TAYK-owt" /ˈteɪkˌaʊt/

## Noun

1. Food bought from a restaurant or shop that sells meals to be eaten somewhere else. *(Canada, Philippines, US)*
   - Simple: Food you buy from a restaurant and take somewhere else to eat.
   - _They ate Thai takeout on the floor of their new apartment, surrounded by moving boxes._
   - _Takeout gets expensive fast when you order it four nights a week._
3. In television news, a detailed segment that looks at a story in depth.
   - Simple: A long, detailed news report on TV about one story.
   - _The network ran a six-minute takeout on rising insulin prices._
   - _Producers argued that longer takeouts left too little time for breaking news._
4. In curling, a shot in which the delivered stone strikes another stone and removes it from play.
   - Simple: In curling, a throw where your stone hits another stone and knocks it out of the game.
   - _The skip called for a hard takeout to clear the guard._
   - _With her last stone she made a double takeout, removing two of her opponents' stones at once._
5. In bridge, a double of an opponent's bid that invites one's partner to compete in the auction rather than aiming to penalize the opponents.
   - Simple: In bridge, a double that asks your partner to bid, not one meant to punish the other side.
   - _North's double was for takeout, so South had to bid even with a weak hand._
   - _With short hearts and support for the other suits, she made a takeout over the opening bid._

## Adjective

2. Of food, meant to be eaten away from the restaurant or shop where it was bought. *(Canada, US)*
   - Simple: Of food, bought to eat somewhere else, not at the place that sold it.
   - _The diner does a brisk trade in takeout breakfasts for commuters._
   - _Orders for takeout meals jumped during the storm, when nobody wanted to sit in a restaurant._

## Origin

Formed from the verb take out.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/takeout (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).