bump-out

bump-out (plural bump-outs)

1. (Australia) The process of moving sets and equipment out of an event venue, such as a theatre or conference centre, after an event or performance.

   Antonym: bump-in

   • 2005, Gunduz Kalic, “Taking Liberties”, in Peter Billingham, editor, Radical Initiatives in Interventionist and Community Drama, page 82:

     One company in particular, TAE, also played to tens of thousands of schools students in the Northern Territory and Queensland. […] By the end of 1999, after years of hard yakka and a few too many bump-ins and outs, some full time company members were growing tired - including of being permanently ‘broke’.

   • 2014, Lynn Van Der Wagen, Lauren White, Human Resource Management for the Event Industry, page 110:

     In the event industry there are two critical times when safety is often compromised, at bump-in and at bump-out. At bump-in the organizer is usually pressed for time and it is not uncommon for installers to work around the clock. At the end of the show or exhibition, bump-out carries an even higher risk as everyone is exhausted.

2. A small extension to a house, often involving the expansion of an existing room.
3. (traffic engineering) A curb extension.