Dictionary Definition
tryout
Noun
1 trying something to find out about it; "a
sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to
relieve the pain" [syn: trial, trial run,
test]
2 a test of the suitability of a performer [syn:
audition]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
Extensive Definition
Tryout was an amateur press journal published
from 1914-1946 by Charles W. Smith of Haverhill,
Massachusetts. It was connected to the National Amateur Press
Association.
Smith (1852-1948) was a friend and correspondent
of H. P. Lovecraft; Tryout was the first outlet for the Lovecraft
short stories "The
Cats of Ulthar" (November 1920), "The
Terrible Old Man" (July 1921), "The
Tree" (October 1921), and "In the
Vault" (November 1925). Smith provided the plot idea for "In
the Vault".
Tryout also published non-fiction articles and
several poems by Lovecraft. The publication was noted for its
typographical errors, which Lovecraft referred to as
"tryoutisms".
References
- S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz, An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Gedankenexperiment,
arrangement,
attention, audience, audition, basic training, bench
test, benefit, bill, briefing, bugging, clearing the decks,
conference, debut, dry run, ear, eavesdropping, electronic
surveillance, entertainment, equipment, exhibit, exhibition, familiarization,
farewell performance, favorable attention, fixing, flesh show, flight test,
foundation, groundwork, hearing, interview, listening, listening in,
makeready, making
ready, manufacture,
mobilization,
performance, pilot
plan, planning,
practical test, practice, prearrangement, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary
act, preliminary step, premiere, prep, preparation, preparatory
study, preparing,
prepping, prerequisite, presentation, presentment, pretreatment, processing, production, propaedeutic, provision, readying, rehearsal, road test, shakedown, shakedown cruise,
show, spadework, stage presentation,
swan song, test flight, test run, theatrical performance, training, treatment, trial, trial run, warm-up,
wiretapping,
workout