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outwick en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈaʊtˌwɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈʌʉtˌwɪk/ (Scotland)

Etymology

The noun is derived from out- (prefix meaning ‘external to; on the outside of’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5). The verb is derived from out- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5), and is modelled after the noun.

Meanings

1. A shot where a player's stone hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
outwicks	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Relateds

inwick

Translations (1)

sco outwick (shot where a player’s stone hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee)

outwick en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ʌʉtˈwɪk/ (Scotland)
• /aʊtˈwɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

The noun is derived from out- (prefix meaning ‘external to; on the outside of’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5). The verb is derived from out- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5), and is modelled after the noun.

Meanings

1. (also, figuratively, transitive) To play (one's stone) in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.
2. (also, figuratively, intransitive) Of a stone: to move in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
outwicks	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
outwicked	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
outwicked	Tense=Past		lexicographic
outwicking	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

Relateds

inwick

Translations (2)

sco outwick ((transitive) to play (one’s stone) in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee) · sco outwick ((intransitive) of a stone: to move in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee)