printout

1 of 2

noun

print·​out ˈprint-ˌau̇t 

: a printed record produced automatically (as by a computer)

print out

2 of 2

verb

printed out; printing out; prints out

transitive verb

: to make a printout of

Examples of printout in a Sentence

Noun

She gave me a printout of the directions.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Photo: Courtesy of Converse The impetus for the new collection came just over a year ago, when Tyler headlined Coachella and created a dossier of printouts from the back catalogue to give a presentation to the Converse team. —Riann Phillip, Vogue, 27 May 2025

During the meeting, Trump also displayed a printout of a blog post featuring an image of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Trump suggested the image had been taken in South Africa. —Liezl Thom, ABC News, 21 May 2025

Verb

Then, after that interval, print out the draft and read it over. —Thomas E. Ricks june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025

Council was tipped to the identity of that person by a member of the conspiracy and then used a portable ID car printer to print out that person’s driver’s license, court records state. —Dan Mangan, CNBC, 16 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1884, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1953, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for printout

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout

Kids Definition

printout

1 of 2 noun

print·​out ˈprint-ˌau̇t 

: a printed record produced by a computer

print out

2 of 2 verb

(ˈ)print-ˈau̇t

: to produce a printed record of