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Added 9 October 2026

breakout

noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about breakout at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An escape from prison.
An escape from any restrictive or confining situation.
The point at which visibility returns after passing through clouds.

adjective

Of a book, film, or other work: leading its author to sudden mainstream success.
Splitting a signal into several signals.
breakout box; breakout cable

Origin

Deverbal from break out. The video game genre is named after Breakout, the first game of this kind, released in 1976 by Atari.

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