Home › Words › W › walkoutwalkoutwalkout means A sudden stoppage of work.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, walkout ranks #7,710 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyA deverbal from walk out.nounA sudden stoppage of work.A similar mass action of people leaving a place as a form of protest.e.g.“Many people agreed this play did not belong in the festival: this tied with House on Mayhem Street for most walkouts, and was the subject of much angry discussion afterwards.” — 1986 April 26, Mara Math, “Controversy or Compromise? Feminism Gets Lost Off-stage”, in Gay Community News, page 14:A part of the squat exercise wherein one has to step out from the rack (“walk out” the weight) in order not to hit it during execution.Synonym of ringwalk (“fighter's glamorous entrance into the ring”).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).