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outlicking

outlicking is the present participle and gerund 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 outlicking

What is outlicking the present participle and gerund of?
Outlicking is the present participle and gerund of outlick.

Words near outlicking in the dictionary

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

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