close outn.
/ˈkləʊz aʊt/, U.S. /ˈkloʊz ˌaʊt/ Originally U.S.
1. The action or an act of bringing something to an end; spec. the action of clearing out or selling off stock, or of winding up a business; a sale of goods or assets prior to this. Often (and in earliest use) attributive, esp. in close-out sale.Cf. to close out 2 at close v. Phrasal verbs, closing-out at closing n. 1b.
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the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > bringing to a conclusion
endingc1000
determination1483
lapping1549
winding up1560
closure1594
perioding1659
clausure1670
close out1887
1887 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 23 Mar. 23 (avt.) The final close-out sale of the Mound City Shoe House.
1922 Farm Implem. News 3 Aug. 29/2 Our factory has had a close-out on a certain type [of cultivator].
1961 Jrnl. Business 34 175/2 A production close-out of Falcon [cars], with new models coming out in September.
1987 E. Newby Round Ireland in Low Gear (1988) xx. 158 It was sale time: one shop had a close-out lot of..angle grinders.
2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 28 Jan. 24/1 Dealers said..some players..were now consolidating their positions ahead of the options close-out next week.
2. Surfing. A wave which breaks along its whole length at the same time (rather than peeling to left or right), thus providing little or no rideable face; surf conditions characterized by this. Often attributive, esp. in close-out surf, close-out wave.Cf. to close out vb. at close v. Additions.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > surfing > [noun] > types or parts of wave
pounder1927
dumper1933
take-off1935
greeny1940
beach break1954
beacher1956
big kahuna1959
greenback1959
close out1962
curl1962
shore break1962
shoulder1962
soup1962
tube1962
wall1962
face1963
peak1963
pipeline1963
set1963
reef break1965
surfable wave1965
point break1966
green room1968
slide1968
barrel1975
left-hander1980
A-frame1992
1962 D. Muirhead Surfing in Hawaii xi. 121/1 Note the conditions of the surf... Note the chances of close-outs which..are the result of an exceptional storm.
1962 D. Muirhead Surfing in Hawaii 124/1 He could now see two close out waves, several hundred yards across, coming straight at him.
1989 Orange County (Calif.) Register 21 Sept. e4/2 Surfers know how waves vary and name them accordingly... They can be inside or outside,..close-outs,..reformed or doubled-up.
1997 Boards Mar. 56/3 Poor Finn never made it out of a water-start position before hollow close-out surf crushed him back into the boulders.
2014 D. Ellis Surfer's Healing Journey xxiv. 326 The other girls..show their experience catching a number of good waves, while Lily catches only a few close-outs.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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to close out
to close out 1. To shut out, exclude. Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > be on the outside of [verb (transitive)] > keep or shut out
loukc1275
speara1300
beshutc1330
forbarc1330
warn?a1366
to close outa1382
to shut outc1384
steeka1393
again-louka1400
to keep outc1425
outshutc1450
seclude1498
to stop outc1530
to hedge out1549
confine1577
to hold out1583
out-bar1590
debar1593
excommunicate1602
expel1604
immurec1616
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Lament. iii. 8 He closede out myn orisoun [a1425 L.V. excludid my prier].
c1490 Promptorium Parvulorum 83 (MS. K) Closyn oute or schettyn owt, excludo.
2. To clear out (a stock of goods); to wind up (a business); to sell or finish off. Also absol. U.S.
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society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > completely dispose of by sale
to sell upc1480
to sell offa1684
to sell out1811
to close out1852
society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > run a business [verb (transitive)] > close business
to close out1852
to shut down1877
society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > completely dispose of by sale > a house or business
to close out1852
to sell up1862
1852 J. M. Letts California 159 We offered him [a mule] to Mr. Priest for six dollars... He offered two, at which we ‘closed him out’.
1884 B. Nye Baled Hay 101 It will be closed out very cheap.
1888 St. Paul Globe 22 Jan. (advt.) I shall also close out absolutely my Instruments of all kinds.
1891 H. F. O'Beirne Leaders Indian Territory I. 59/1 In 1879 he opened business in Audubon, Wise county, but closed out in 1883.
1898 C. A. Bates Clothing Bk. No. 2502 There is no excuse for this with summer clothing at the prices at which we are closing out.
1903 Lett. that bring Business vi. 58 If you could have closed them out with a little less than the 10s. reduction you mention.
1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy vi. 80 About the time we closed out and were again ready to go home, there was a cattleman's ball given.
1907 Smart Set June 55/2 This must be ended; it must be closed out of our lives with all the rest.
1909 S. E. White Rules of Game iii. x I should advise closing out the business by killing the fowl.
1936 D. Teilhet Ticking Terror Murders xiii. 214 Closing-out sale! Frances Taylor is closing out her Paris-Hollywood Shop. Reduced prices.
1945 H. D. Smyth Gen. Acct. Devel. Atomic Energy Mil. Purposes x. 86 Problems closed-out during May 1944.
1961 Amer. Speech 36 170 I abruptly ended this approach. I closed it out by September, 1958.
to close out
to close out intransitive. Surfing. Of a wave: to break along its whole length at the same time, thus providing little or no rideable face.
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1961 Surfer Q. Summer 25/1 'Senior Surfers' tell of the big south swell of 1939 when it ‘closed-out’ all the way across the bay.
1988 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 28 Feb. The event..was held in one to two-metre waves most of which were closing out.
1991 A. Martin Walking on Water (1992) xli. 161 He estimated his wave at between thirty and thirty-five. ‘If it walls and closes out but you could maybe ride it, that's thirty.’
2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Sept. a21/1 The beach was dotted with surfers standing in perplexed clumps... The waves were ‘closing out’, or cresting all at once instead of in a ripple.
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