walkout

1 of 2

noun

walk·​out ˈwȯk-ˌau̇t 

1

: strike sense 3a

2

: the action of leaving a meeting or organization as an expression of disapproval

walk out

2 of 2

verb

walked out; walking out; walks out

intransitive verb

1

: to leave suddenly often as an expression of disapproval

2

: to go on strike

Phrases

walk out on

: to leave in the lurch : abandon, desert

Synonyms

Noun

• strike

Verb

• bail
• bail out
• begone
• book [slang]
• bug off
• bug out
• bugger off [British slang]
• buzz (off)
• clear off [chiefly British]
• clear out
• cut out
• depart
• dig out
• exit
• get
• get off
• go
• go off
• move
• pack (up or off)
• part
• peel off
• pike (out or off)
• pull out
• push off
• push on
• quit
• run along
• sally (forth)
• scarper [British]
• shove (off)
• step (along)
• take off
• vamoose

Examples of walkout in a Sentence

Noun

Hundreds of workers staged a walkout to protest conditions in the factory.

after four weeks of the walkout, management gave in

Verb

we simply walked out after waiting half an hour for someone to come and serve us

the salesclerks walked out upon learning of the second pay cut in six months

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Some 50 workers of the museum participated in two walkouts that month and sent a petition to leadership demanding that the ban be repealed, and no disciplinary action be taken against staffers who choose to wear the garment on site. —Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024

The walkout interrupted a range of municipal services, including trash collection and the arrival of container ships at the Port of Los Angeles. —Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024

Verb

Stines walked out of the room with hands up and turned himself over to police. —Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2024

Physical security is implemented so that attackers cannot just walk into a facility and walk out with drives containing the datasets. —Margarita Simonova, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

walkout

1 of 2 noun

walk·​out ˈwȯ-ˌkau̇t 

1

: strike entry 2 sense 2a

2

: the action of leaving a meeting or organization as an expression of disapproval

walk out

2 of 2 verb

(ˈ)wȯ-ˈkau̇t

1

: to go on strike

2

: to leave suddenly often as an expression of disapproval

Legal Definition

walkout

noun

walk·​out ˈwȯk-ˌau̇t 

1

: strike

2

: the action of leaving a meeting or organization as an expression of disapproval