weedout

See also: weed out

English

Etymology

Deverbal from weed out.

Noun

weedout (countable and uncountable, plural weedouts)

1. (countable) A removal of weeds.
   • 2016, Sarah Dooling, Gregory Simon, Cities, Nature and Development, page 77:

     The PPMC Director interviewed for this project stated that his volunteers are frustrated they cannot do more work in the parks besides the cleanups and weedouts.

2. (education, informal, attributive) A class that is difficult or requires a lot of effort, and thus may cause less able or less dedicated students to drop out.

   a weedout class

   a weedout course

See also

• cleanout
• clearout
• dropout
• weeding
• winnowing