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TV timeouts

TV timeouts is the plural of TV timeout.

Meaning of TV timeout

Noun

TV timeout (plural TV timeouts)

  1. (Canada, US) A time-out taking place during a televised sports match where the game clock is stopped for a period of time to allow for TV commercials to air before the resumption of play. The delay is usually after a whistle or other stoppage of play occurs, and not an interference with gameplay in and of itself.

Questions about TV timeouts

What is TV timeouts the plural of?
TV timeouts is the plural of TV timeout.

Words near TV timeouts in the dictionary

  1. TV shows
  2. TV stand
  3. TV stands
  4. TV talk
  5. TV timeout
  6. TV timeouts
  7. TV tray
  8. TV trays
  9. TV tuner
  10. TV tuners
  11. TV typewriter

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