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

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