walkout

walkout
[[t]wɔ͟ːkaʊt[/t]]
walkouts
1) N-COUNT A walkout is a strike.
2) N-COUNT If there is a walkout during a meeting, some or all of the people attending it leave in order to show their disapproval of something that has happened at the meeting.

The commission's proceedings have been wrecked by tantrums and walkouts.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • walkout — walk·out / wȯk ˌau̇t/ n 1: strike 2: the action of leaving a meeting or organization as an expression of disapproval Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • walkout — ► NOUN ▪ a sudden angry departure, especially as a protest or strike …   English terms dictionary

  • walkout — ☆ walkout [wôk′out΄ ] n. 1. a strike of workers 2. an abrupt departure of people, as from a meeting, in a show of protest …   English World dictionary

  • walkout — n. 1) to stage a walkout 2) to end a walkout 3) a sympathy walkout * * * [ wɔːkaʊt] a sympathy walkout to end a walkout to stage a walkout (D; intr.) to walkout on (she walkouted out on her husband; to leave ) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Walkout — In labor disputes, a walkout is a labor strike, the act of employees collectively leaving the workplace as an act of protest.A walkout can also mean the act of leaving a place of work, school, a meeting, a company, or an organization, especially… …   Wikipedia

  • walkout — /wawk owt /, n. 1. a strike by workers. 2. the act of leaving or being absent from a meeting, esp. as an expression of protest. 3. a doorway in a building or room that gives direct access to the outdoors: a home with a sliding glass walkout from… …   Universalium

  • walkout — UK [ˈwɔːkˌaʊt] / US [ˈwɔkˌaʊt] noun [countable] Word forms walkout : singular walkout plural walkouts a form of protest in which someone leaves a place, or a group of workers stop working and leave the building …   English dictionary

  • walkout — noun (C) an occasion when people stop working or leave somewhere as a protest: stage a walkout: The Irish delegation staged a walk out in protest. see also: walk out walk 1 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • walkout — noun workers staged a walkout at 10:45 this morning Syn: strike, stoppage, industrial action, job action, revolt, rebellion …   Thesaurus of popular words

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