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outlicked

outlicked is the simple past and past participle of outlick.

Meaning of outlick

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

Questions about outlicked

What is outlicked the simple past and past participle of?
Outlicked is the simple past and past participle of outlick.

Words near outlicked in the dictionary

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

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