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outlick

outlick verb: to perform better than.

Verb

outlick (third-person singular simple present outlicks, present participle outlicking, simple past and past participle outlicked)

  1. (dated, informal, transitive) to perform better than.
    • Things liked in girls are "a good personality," "manners," or, "she's quite special for a girl. She's a tomboy and quite interesting. Good mind. Pretty. At some things she can outlick any boy in school— skiing, for instance.1956, Arnold Gessel, Youth: the years from ten to sixteen
  2. (transitive) to lick better than.
    • December 7 2006, Lewis Smith, Irish Independent, New-found species of exotic bat outlicks all rivalshttp://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/newfound-species-of-exotic-bat-outlicks-all-rivals-63367.html

Forms of outlick

third-person singular presentoutlicks
present participleoutlicking
past participleoutlicked
pastoutlicked

Origin of outlick

From out- + lick.

Questions about outlick

What does outlick mean?
Outlick means to perform better than.
What part of speech is outlick?
Outlick is a verb.
What is the past tense of outlick?
The past tense of outlick is outlicked.

Words near outlick in the dictionary

  1. outlets
  2. outlett
  3. outletts
  4. Outley
  5. Outleys
  6. outlick
  7. outlicked
  8. outlicking
  9. outlicks
  10. outlie
  11. outlied

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