Other forms: walkouts
A walkout is leaving work suddenly as a protest. Stage a walkout, a mass walkout, the walkout began.
It is unplanned or short where a strike is organised and balloted, which is why the two words are not interchangeable in British industrial relations — an unballoted walkout has no legal protection. It also means leaving a meeting or a chamber as a protest, which is a common parliamentary gesture. Note walk out as the verb, two words.
1nounwalkoutLeaving work suddenly as a protest.
“The nurses staged a walkout over low pay and long hours.”
2nounmeetingLeaving a meeting as a protest.
“Half the delegates joined a walkout in protest at the chairman's decision.”
walkout is a protest departure.
A a deverbal from walk out.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Work & Careers