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outcrack en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + crack.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To outbrag; surpass in boasting.
   • Alas, my miserable master, what suds art thou wash'd into; thou art born to be scorn'd of every carted community, and yet he'll outcrack a German when he is drunk, or a Spaniard after he hath eaten a Fumatho, […] 1816, Old plays: being a continuation of Dodsley's collection
2. (transitive) To surpass in cracking (a joke, a whip, etc.).
   • As a final touch, each wagoner tied a fine new cracker to his whip to outcrack his comrades as they dashed around the Plaza in a hilarious, triumphal entry. 2007, Ruth Laughlin, Caballeros:
3. (transitive) To surpass in cracking (security systems etc.).
   • I can outcrack her, and on most things outhack her, but she writes better […] 2007, Kelly McCullough, Cybermancy:

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