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outcurling

outcurling is the present participle and gerund of outcurl.

Meaning of outcurl

Verb

outcurl (third-person singular simple present outcurls, present participle outcurling, simple past and past participle outcurled)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To curl outward.
  2. (transitive) To surpass in curling.
    • As long as we're still shooting good numbers I am more than happy to accept a loss if they outcurl us.2009 April 8, Bill Graveland, “Canadian skip has killer instinct”, in Toronto Star

Questions about outcurling

What is outcurling the present participle and gerund of?
Outcurling is the present participle and gerund of outcurl.

Words near outcurling in the dictionary

  1. outcured
  2. outcures
  3. outcuring
  4. outcurl
  5. outcurled
  6. outcurling
  7. outcurls
  8. outcurse
  9. outcursed
  10. outcurses
  11. outcursing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outcurling (page history and authors); outcurl (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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