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outcun

outcun verb: to outwit, to outsmart; to be more cunning than.

Verb

outcun (third-person singular simple present outcuns, present participle outcunning, simple past and past participle outcunned)

  1. (transitive) To outwit, to outsmart; to be more cunning than.
    • We see in this kingdom's early mythology that many gods behaved like mortals, vying for power and trying to outcun each other.
    • [Benny] Lynch inveigled [Jackie] Brown to come to his home turf of Glasgow to meet him in a 12-round nontitle fight. And even though the most ardent Glaswegian had high hopes for their local hero, Lynch surprised even them by outcunning, outcutting, and outcuffing Brown for the entire 12 rounds.1984, Bert Randolph Sugar, The 100 Greatest Boxers of All Time, Bonanza Books, via Internet Archive, →ISBN, page 208

Examples of outcun in a sentence

  • I hope they are economical, and not outcunning the Constable.1988, Anne Ridler, quoting E[dward] H[enry] Bradby, A Victorian Family Postbag, The Perpetua Press, via Internet Archive, →ISBN, page 74:
  • There is nothing like outcunning a cunning peasant.2001, Annie Hawes, Extra Virgin, HarperCollins Publishers, via Internet Archive, →ISBN, page 102:
  • Or did I have a plan that was so cunning as to outcun baldrickensian cunningness?2014 December 13, Nils Visser, wyrdewoods (blog):
  • After-all it'd make for interesting mechanical plays from a marine just negating your abilities as a predator and forcing you to play smartly to outcun this worthy foe.2016 September 9, Sarah_U., “Archived copy”, in CM-SS13 Forums (forum), archived from the original on 31 Jul 2026:

Forms of outcun

third-person singular presentoutcuns
present participleoutcunning
past participleoutcunned
pastoutcunned

Origin of outcun

From out- + cun (verb), the latter recast as a verbal stem of cunning (adjective, noun).

Questions about outcun

What does outcun mean?
Outcun means to outwit, to outsmart; to be more cunning than.
How do you use outcun in a sentence?
I hope they are economical, and not outcunning the Constable.
What part of speech is outcun?
Outcun is a verb.
What is the past tense of outcun?
The past tense of outcun is outcunned.

Words near outcun in the dictionary

  1. outcry
  2. outcrying
  3. outcryings
  4. outcue
  5. outcues
  6. outcun
  7. outcure
  8. outcured
  9. outcures
  10. outcuring
  11. outcurl

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