outcool
outcool verb: to surpass in cool; to be more cool (hip, fashionable, etc.) than.
Verb
outcool (third-person singular simple present outcools, present participle outcooling, simple past and past participle outcooled)
- To surpass in cool; to be more cool (hip, fashionable, etc.) than.
- While many Blacks are cool, and some—such as Miles Davis and Dave Chappelle—are cool enough to outcool entire other ethnicities all by themselves, not all Blacks are cool.2009, Kevin Hechinger, Curtis Hechinger, Hechinger's Field Guide to Ethnic Stereotypes, page 12
Forms of outcool
| third-person singular present | outcools |
|---|---|
| present participle | outcooling |
| past participle | outcooled |
| past | outcooled |
Origin of outcool
From out- + cool.
Questions about outcool
- What does outcool mean?
- Outcool means to surpass in cool; to be more cool (hip, fashionable, etc.) than.
- What part of speech is outcool?
- Outcool is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outcool?
- The past tense of outcool is outcooled.
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