out-and-out
out-and-out adjective: complete, utter.
Adjective
out-and-out (not comparable)
- Complete, utter.
- He is an out-and-out idiot.
- an out-and-out lie
- Thoroughly cross-bred; a breeding strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to maintain a mongrel flock.
- For my own part I would sooner eat bread-and-cheese and know myself the possessor of an out-and-out horse, than sell him for the privilege of dining with the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen every day in the year.1840 May, Vol XXI Second Series, The Sporting Magazine
out-and-out meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
out-and-out in Tamil
- முழுக்க முழுக்க
out-and-out in Malayalam
- thoroughgoing, utter, downright
- പൂർണ്ണമായ, കൂലങ്കഷമായ, മുഴുവനുമായ, തീർത്തുമുള്ള, പ്രത്യക്ഷമായ, അപരോക്ഷ
out-and-out in Kannada
- ಪೂರ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ, ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ, ತೀರಾ, ಪಕ್ಕಾ, ಪೂರಾ, ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾದ
Synonyms of out-and-out
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Words formed from out-and-out
Questions about out-and-out
- What does out-and-out mean?
- Out-and-out means complete, utter.
- What is out-and-out in Tamil?
- Out-and-out in Tamil is முழுக்க முழுக்க. See Out-and-out meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is out-and-out?
- Out-and-out is an adjective.
Words near out-and-out in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: out-and-out (page history and authors); out-and-out (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); out-and-out (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); out-and-out (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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