Breakout may refer to:
In film, television and gaming:
In music:
- Breakout is an album and song by Miley Cyrus, released in July 2008.
- Breakout is a Polish blues/rock band
- "Breakout" is a song from Never Say Die!, Black Sabbath's last album with Ozzy Osbourne
- "Breakout (song)" is a single from the Foo Fighters' third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose
- "Breakout (Swing Out Sister song)" is a 1986 single from British jazz-pop act Swing Out Sister
- "Breakout" is a song from The Trinity, Sean Paul's third album.
- 'Breakout' is a part in a song after a period of silence or build-up a sudden eruption of fast and/or louder music happens.
- "Breakout", a song by Bon Jovi from their 1984 Debut album Bon Jovi (album).
- "BREAK OUT!" is a 1996 single from Nanase Aikawa.
In electronics:
- Breakout (electronics), hardware that allows hand-access to densely-spaced pins on a microchip (a breakout board), or individual connectors in a complex connector (see breakout box).
- Breakout (Fiber Optics) , several different cables packed inside one common jacket. This results maximum strength of the cable.
In slang:
- Breakout is slang for a prison escape;
- Breakout is a North American slang term for acne.
- Breakout is used as a modifier to describe the last class, lecture or session before the weekend
Other uses:
- Breakout (military) is a military operation to end a situation of encirclement or siege;
- Breakout (technical analysis) is when prices pass through, and stay through an area of support or resistance
- Breakout game (sports) is a the first game at a new level of competition in which an athlete performs very well. It usually portends that the athlete is going to succeed at the new level of play.
