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 Not surprisingly, the 12-track set, counting an interlude and an outro, does not include collaborations. —

Griselda Flores, Billboard, 2 July 2024 She gets eaten up by Florence Welch in the outro, but who doesn’t? 43. —

Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 May 2024 While these outros could easily fall into raunch or being explicit, Carpenter uses wit as her restraint. —

Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 17 May 2024 In that first clip of the song, posted on May 9, the Migos star talks over a Western-guitar-and-trap-beat outro, with Lana in the background. —

Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 See all Example Sentences for outro

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