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bump-out

bump-out noun: the process of moving sets and equipment out of an event venue, such as a theatre or conference centre, after an event or performance.

bump-out: the process of moving sets and equipment out of an event venue, such as a theatre or conference...
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Noun

bump-out (plural bump-outs)

  1. (Australia) The process of moving sets and equipment out of an event venue, such as a theatre or conference centre, after an event or performance.
    • One company in particular, TAE, also played to tens of thousands of schools students in the Northern Territory and Queensland.[…]By the end of 1999, after years of hard yakka and a few too many bump-ins and outs, some full time company members were growing tired - including of being permanently...2005, Gunduz Kalic, “Taking Liberties”, in Peter Billingham, editor, Radical Initiatives in Interventionist and Community Drama, page 82
    • In the event industry there are two critical times when safety is often compromised, at bump-in and at bump-out. At bump-in the organizer is usually pressed for time and it is not uncommon for installers to work around the clock. At the end of the show or exhibition, bump-out carries an even higher...2014, Lynn Van Der Wagen, Lauren White, Human Resource Management for the Event Industry, page 110
    Antonyms:
    bump-in
  2. A small extension to a house, often involving the expansion of an existing room.
  3. A small protrusion in the middle of a wall.
  4. A curb extension.

Antonyms of bump-out

Forms of bump-out

pluralbump-outs
alternative formbumpout

Questions about bump-out

What does bump-out mean?
Bump-out means the process of moving sets and equipment out of an event venue, such as a theatre or conference centre, after an event or performance.
What part of speech is bump-out?
Bump-out is a noun.
What is the plural of bump-out?
The plural of bump-out is bump-outs.

Words near bump-out in the dictionary

  1. bump-ins
  2. bump-mapped
  3. bump-n'-grind
  4. bump-off
  5. bump-offs
  6. bump-out
  7. bump-outs
  8. bump-start
  9. bump-started
  10. bump-starting
  11. bump-starts

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