outro

Definition

A portion of music at the end of a song.

Etymology

Blend of out + intro, an analogy using out as the opposite of in. First attested in the title of the song The Intro and the Outro (1967), by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and written by Vivian Stanshall.

Example Sentences

• "[…] talking over the intro of a record and off the outro, weaving back and forth between two records spinning […]"
• "Find the spot in the script where you want the outro to start fading up."
• "2009, 24 September, Jude Rogers in The Guardian, The trouble with remastered records But then something happens on I Want You (She's So Heavy), two minutes into the song's intense outro, when a cloud of white noise comes in, […]"