outro means A portion of music at the end of a song.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, outro ranks #14,805 of 42,749 for Qualifying.
outro is pronounced /ˈaʊt.ɹoʊ/.
Etymology
Blend of out + intro, an analogy using out as the opposite of in. First attested in the title of the song The Intro and the Outro (1967), by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and written by Vivian Stanshall.
noun
- A portion of music at the end of a song.e.g.“[…] talking over the intro of a record and off the outro, weaving back and forth between two records spinning […]” — 1977, Claude Hall, Barbara Hall, This business of radio programming:
- The closing sequence at the end of a film, television program, video game, etc.e.g.“Having gone through the intro and stopped, the next click plays the outro of the current section and then hits the following script at the end of the outro animation:” — 2007, Rich Shupe, Zevan Rosser, Learning ActionScript 3.0: a beginner's guide:
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