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outmuscled

outmuscled is the simple past and past participle of outmuscle.

Meaning of outmuscle

Verb

outmuscle (third-person singular simple present outmuscles, present participle outmuscling, simple past and past participle outmuscled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in a contest involving strength.
    • UConn barreled through the West Regional, pummeling Purdue in the semifinals and outmuscling Missouri in the final.2009 March 30, William C. Rhoden, “For Coaches, Recruiting Top Players Can Lead to a Dark Side”, in The New York Times

Adjective

outmuscled (comparative more outmuscled, superlative most outmuscled)

  1. Overcome by superior strength.
    • And on “Beautiful World,” with the invigorating alt-country singer Patty Griffin, he is outmuscled.2009 February 2, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times

Forms of outmuscled

comparativemore outmuscled
superlativemost outmuscled

Questions about outmuscled

What does outmuscled mean?
Outmuscled means overcome by superior strength.
What is outmuscled the simple past and past participle of?
Outmuscled is the simple past and past participle of outmuscle.
What part of speech is outmuscled?
Outmuscled is an adjective.

Words near outmuscled in the dictionary

  1. outmove
  2. outmoved
  3. outmoves
  4. outmoving
  5. outmuscle
  6. outmuscled
  7. outmuscles
  8. outmuscling
  9. outname
  10. outnamed
  11. outnames

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