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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

outlick en · VERB

Etymology

From out- + lick.

Meanings

  1. (dated, informal, transitive) to perform better than.
    • Things liked in girls are "a good personality," "manners," or, "she's quite special for a girl. She's a tomboy and quite interesting. Good mind. Pretty. At some things she can outlick any boy in school— skiing, for instance. 1956, Arnold Gessel, Youth: the years from ten to sixteen:
  2. (transitive) to lick better than.
    • December 7 2006, Lewis Smith, Irish Independent, New-found species of exotic bat outlicks all rivalshttp://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/newfound-species-of-exotic-bat-outlicks-all-rivals-63367.html

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
outlicking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outlicks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
outlicked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
outlicked Tense=Past lexicographic