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outlash

outlash noun: the act of somebody lashing out.

Noun

outlash (plural outlashes)

  1. The act of somebody lashing out.
    • We cannot speak a loyal word and be meanly silent, we cannot kill and not kill in the same moment, but a room is wide enough for the loyal and mean desire, for the outlash of a murderous thought and the sharp backward stroke of repentance.1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 4, in Daniel Deronda, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC

Verb

outlash (third-person singular simple present outlashes, present participle outlashing, simple past and past participle outlashed)

  1. (rare) To lash out.

Forms of outlash

Noun
pluraloutlashes
Verb
third-person singular presentoutlashes
present participleoutlashing
past participleoutlashed
pastoutlashed

Origin of outlash

From out- + lash.

Questions about outlash

What does outlash mean?
Outlash means the act of somebody lashing out.
What part of speech is outlash?
Outlash can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of outlash?
The plural of outlash is outlashes.

Words near outlash in the dictionary

  1. outlandishness
  2. outlandishnesses
  3. outlands
  4. outlane
  5. outlanes
  6. outlash
  7. outlashed
  8. outlashes
  9. outlashing
  10. outlast
  11. outlasted

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