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outing en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From out + -ing. Compare Old English yting ("outing, journey").

Meanings

  1. A pleasure trip or excursion.
    • This was a fine day's outing for anybody who had been cooped up in the shops for a few months. 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:
  2. A performance in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc.
    • The role is the latest dramatic outing for Radcliffe since the end of the successful Potter franchise. 2012, BBC News, Daniel Radcliffe defends casting as poet Allen Ginsberg:
    • Other erstwhile stalwarts are also wavering. Southampton had two of the best full-backs in the league last season but Ryan Bertrand has been below par this season and Cédric Soares made an uncharacteristic lapse that led to Stoke’s winning goal in Southampton’s last outing. 2017 October 14, Paul Doyle, “Mauricio Pellegrino yet to find attacking solution for stuttering Southampton”, in the Guardian:
  3. The act of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual or transgender without that person's consent.
    • Advocates for gay and lesbian issues suggest the increase in discharges reflects the hostility of the military towards homosexual soldiers and a growing number of "forced outings" of gay and lesbian troops. 2006, Matthew Hoddie, Ethnic Realignments:
  4. The act of revealing somebody as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.

Forms

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outings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

outing flannel

Translations (37)

sv outande (public revelation of homosexuality) · cmn 替人出櫃 /替人出柜 (public revelation of homosexuality) · cmn 幫人出櫃 /帮人出柜 (public revelation of homosexuality) · he אָאוּטִינְג (excursion) · hu kimozdulás (excursion) · id dilela (public revelation of homosexuality) · fr outing (public revelation of homosexuality) · pl outing (public revelation of homosexuality) · de Auftritt (appearance in public) · fr randonnée (excursion) · de Outing (public revelation of homosexuality) · sh autanje (public revelation of homosexuality) · de Ausflug (excursion) · ru а́утинг (public revelation of homosexuality) · fr excursion (excursion) · hu jelenés (appearance in public) · bg изява (appearance in public) · mk аутинг (public revelation of homosexuality) · ko 아웃팅 (public revelation of homosexuality) · ja アウティング (public revelation of homosexuality) · hu kiruccanás (excursion) · hu szereplés (appearance in public) · he אָאוּטִינְג (public revelation of homosexuality) · hu kirándulás (excursion) · de Exkursion (excursion) · hu megjelenés (appearance in public) · es exida (excursion) · hu fellépés (appearance in public) · ka აუთინგი (public revelation of homosexuality) · no oute (public revelation of homosexuality) · eo elŝrankiĝo (public revelation of homosexuality) · lb Ausfluch (excursion) · hu séta (excursion) · uk а́утинг (public revelation of homosexuality) · ca xala (excursion) · bg излет (excursion) · ca forada (excursion)

outing en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From out + -ing. Compare Old English yting ("outing, journey").

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of out
    form of out

Relateds

X-outing