Dictionary

eat out en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /it aʊt/ (General-American)
• ēt out (General-American)
• (Australia) audio

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To dine at a restaurant or such public place.
   • The whole region is dotted with restaurants very much like Taylor Grocery (once called fish camps) that sell only fried fish, and when I was growing up, the announcement that we were eating out meant we were going to the fish camp. 2009, Damon Fowler, Classical Southern Cooking, page 124:
   • Jacky wanted Korean barbecue, but his mom didn't want to eat out.
   • (Sandra) I'm hungry, Dad. When will you finally make dinner? (Dad) Later. I have to finish this level first. (Sandra) Daddy! I'm hungry now! (Dad) Alright. here, Go eat out. 2008 November 24, Powree and Oliver Knörzer, “Video Game Addiction”, in Sandra and Woo (webcomic):
2. (transitive) To erode or encroach upon by gradually consuming.
3. (slang, transitive, vulgar) To perform cunnilingus or anilingus.
   • The lesbian couple ate each other out.
   • I mean, is it as bad as eating her pussy out? No, but it's the same fuckin' ballpark. 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by Vincent (John Travolta):
4. (slang, transitive) To reprimand severely.
   • He will eat me out if he hears I ate his girlfriend out.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat, out.

Forms

Relateds

eat one's heart out

Synonyms

go out to eat (to dine at a restaurant)

Translations (35)

eo frandzi (perform oral sex) · pl zjeść na mieście (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · cmn 外餐 (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · es comer fuera (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · ru ходи́ть в рестора́н (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · ja 外食する (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · da spise ude (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · nb spise ute (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · sv äta ute (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · ro mânca în oraș (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · pt comer fora (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · nl uit eten (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · ru вы́лизать (perform oral sex) · ru выли́зывать (perform oral sex) · fr aller au restaurant (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · pl uprawiać seks oralny (perform oral sex) · fi nuolla (perform oral sex) · de essen gehen (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · ko 외식하다 (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · fi syödä ulkona (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · ro da limbi (perform oral sex) · fr bouffer la chatte (perform oral sex) · fr bouffer le cul (perform oral sex) · ru де́лать куннили́нгус (perform oral sex) · da slikke (perform oral sex) · pl jadać na mieście (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · nn ete ute (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · de auswärts essen (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · ru сде́лать куннили́нгус (perform oral sex) · pl jeść na mieście (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · ru сходи́ть в рестора́н (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · de lecken (perform oral sex) · cmn 下館子 /下馆子 (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · hu étteremben eszik/étkezik (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home) · hu házon kívül eszik/étkezik (dine at a restaurant; to eat out from home)