outro

noun

out·​ro ˈau̇-(ˌ)trō 

plural outros

: a short, distinct closing section at the end of something (such as a piece of music, a performance, or a news report)

My favorite part is the sax outro; it reminds me of something from the '70s I can't place.

—Ryan Adams

The film ends with a colossal but semi-serious bang, an extravagant visual flourish and a cheeky musical outro over the closing credits to leave you laughing in spite of yourself …

—Peter Bradshaw

When a story comes in from a Bay News 9 reporter, Ruechel will simply record his intro, main segment and outro.

—Jay Handelman

Examples of outro in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The outro repeatedly voices a darker anxiety. —Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

The intro, interlude and outro serve as a narrator for this album. —Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026

But with its extended outro on New York Tendaberry, the song takes on a more complicated meaning. —Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 24 May 2026

Each song seems to have an extra moment—a 4th-wall breaking intro, a spoken word outro, a second bridge—that feels like a hat on a hat, or even a hat on top of two hats. —Brendan Hay, SPIN, 30 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

blend of out entry 1 and intro

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above