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kitting out

kitting out is the present participle and gerund of kit out.

Meaning of kit out

Verb

kit out (third-person singular simple present kits out, present participle kitting out, simple past and past participle kitted out)

  1. (UK, transitive) To provide with equipment.
    • As the soccer mom-ish leader of nefarious crime cartel the Golden Circle, Poppy rules over the entire global drug trade, which she controls from a jungle lair curiously kitted out as a kitsch 50s utopia, featuring gleaming bowling alleys, diners and nail salons, but also, somewhat confusingly...2017 September 19, Gwilym Mumford, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle review – spy sequel reaches new heights of skyscraping silliness”, in the Guardian
  2. (UK, transitive) To prepare a boat or vehicle for a voyage or journey.
  3. (UK, transitive) To supply with or dress in a uniform, especially a sports kit.

Questions about kitting out

What is kitting out the present participle and gerund of?
Kitting out is the present participle and gerund of kit out.

Words near kitting out in the dictionary

  1. kitties
  2. kittiewake
  3. kittiewakes
  4. Kittilä
  5. kitting
  6. kitting out
  7. Kittinger
  8. Kittingers
  9. Kittipong
  10. kittisal
  11. kittisals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kitting out (page history and authors); kit out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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