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cam-out

cam-out is the alternative form of camout.

Meaning of camout

Noun

camout (plural camouts)

  1. An instance in which a screwdriver slips out of the head of a screw due to excessive torque being applied; an instance of camming out.
    • Phillips screw heads are known to be prone to camouts.

Forms of cam-out

pluralcam-outs

Questions about cam-out

What is cam-out the alternative form of?
Cam-out is the alternative form of camout.

Words near cam-out in the dictionary

  1. cam wheel
  2. cam wheels
  3. cam'ra
  4. cam'ras
  5. cam'st
  6. cam-out
  7. cam-outs
  8. cam-rip
  9. cam-ripped
  10. cam-ripping
  11. cam-rips

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cam-out (page history and authors); camout (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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