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

For the outro, Solís and Karol grasped hands and did a sweet dance. —Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025

Then, that main beat will go into the outro. —Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025

In performance, Accessory XL channeled the Velvet Underground reinterpreting Broken Social Scene: extended outro jams, mumbling into pickups, doubling down on hearty melodies. —Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025

Every artist in the history of mankind writes a song with a verse, a chorus, another verse, another chorus, a bridge, and then an outro. —Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

blend of out entry 1 and intro

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above