sitout

noun

1. (India, Nigeria)An outdoor area that is set up for sitting, including a floor and seats, and possibly, but not necessarily having a roof, screens, or elevated platform.

   “Accommodation comprises of elegantly designed independent AC cottages (Mappilapura), AC Executive/Deluxe suites (Malabar Suites) and Superior AC Rooms with sitouts which offer the glimpse of breath taking beauty of Kerala's natural landscapes.”

   “Its five themed en-suite rooms are large and most have funky little sitouts.”

2. A wrestling move that is often used to escape from a hold in which one straightens one's legs to get into a sitting position where one can use them for leverage.

   “. From this position, start a sitout by extending your left leg. Drop your opponent, but keep a firm hold on his arm.”

   “I throw my best moves from here. I walk out on him — "crawl" out, actually, charging on my hands and knees, like a giant little kid escaping from his playpen; then I explode into a sitout and reverse for two points.”

   “Her husband, Dick Jr., was a longtime assistant coach at Norwalk, and Janella proudly claimed that she knew a sitout when she saw one.”

3. A protest action in which protesters refuse to go to work or school, or in which they show up but do not work.

   “Yes, we do see a small handful of disparaging youths and adults getting the hog's share of publicity with their noisy riots, flag and draft card burnings, sitins and sitouts, defiance of law and order and licentious — excessive — liberties.”

   “Walkouts, sitouts, strikes and court suits are all the vogue among the disgruntled football, basketball and baseball players.”

   “Angry parades, sitouts and other perennial forms of protest preceded capitulation.”

4. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of sit-out.

   “Many Negroes feel that the only effective answer to the "sitout" is the boycott or "selective buying."”

   “His many "sitouts" for rest increased dressing time considerably.”

   “This construction is possible if and only if the sitouts form a BIBD.”