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tryout

[ trahy-out ]

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noun

a trial or test to ascertain fitness for some purpose.
Theater. performances of a play in preparation for an official opening, often taking place away from a major theatrical center.

Origin of tryout¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; noun use of verb phrase try out

For his tryout, he performed a bit about the three types of people you always see on Law and Order.

Wiig aced her 2005 SNL tryout for Lorne Michaels by doing impressions of Drew Barrymore, Björk, Jessica Simpson, and Jane Pauley.

But I usually try to be tactful and let amateur singers tryout for me with no one listening, to spare them embarrassment.

The plan has passed from the experimental stage, having been given a thorough tryout in all the schools.

Panchito's on edge and we're going to give him a half-mile tryout to-morrow, so I want two stop-watches on him.

Janet chuckled over the lines she was to read in the tryout.

You can back out now, and I'll run Smoky without any tryout, and you can take your chance.

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