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outdance

outdance verb: to dance better than; to outdo in dancing.

Verb

outdance (third-person singular simple present outdances, present participle outdancing, simple past and past participle outdanced)

  1. To dance better than; to outdo in dancing.
    • […] about some young Messapian shepherds who claimed to be able to outdance the local nymphs.2009, R. G. A. Buxton, Forms of astonishment: Greek myths of metamorphosis

Forms of outdance

third-person singular presentoutdances
present participleoutdancing
past participleoutdanced
pastoutdanced

Origin of outdance

From out- + dance.

Questions about outdance

What does outdance mean?
Outdance means to dance better than; to outdo in dancing.
What part of speech is outdance?
Outdance is a verb.
What is the past tense of outdance?
The past tense of outdance is outdanced.

Words near outdance in the dictionary

  1. outcycled
  2. outcycles
  3. outcycling
  4. outdacious
  5. outdaciousness
  6. outdance
  7. outdanced
  8. outdances
  9. outdancing
  10. outdare
  11. outdared

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