try-outnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtraɪ.aʊt/us/ˈtraɪ.aʊt/informala test to see how useful or effective something or someone is:
The try-outs for the team will be next weekend.
After a try-out in Bath, the play is due to open in Edinburgh next month.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Testing, checking and experimenting
- assay
- check
- check sth out
- check up on sb
- collector
- crosscheck
- feeler
- inspect
- inspection
- inspector
- play around with sth
- screen
- spy
- spy out the land idiom
- test
- test sth out
- tester
- trial
- trial run
- try sth for size idiom
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