[baʊt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a short period of intense activity of a specified kind
(e.g: occasional bouts of strenuous exercise)

- a curve in the side of a violin, guitar, or other musical instrument


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting a curve or circuit, hence later a ‘turn’ of activity): from dialect bought ‘bend, loop’; probably of Low German origin