outnigger
outnigger verb: to outsmart or deceive.
Verb
outnigger (third-person singular simple present outniggers, present participle outniggering, simple past and past participle outniggered)
- To outsmart or deceive.
- The defeat of Lester Maddox, whose try for a second term as governor was decisively blocked in the recent Georgia Democratic primary, confirms that “outniggering the opposition," as Wallace once put it, is no longer a sufficient strategy […]1974, United States Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates
- The PM's culpability will not stop him attending the ceremony; nor will the Asylum Act deter Straw from showing up. The Tories propose to outnigger him at the election by campaigning on a promise that refugees who are accused of no crime but asking for a safe haven should be locked up without trial...2000, Nick Cohen, “The Holocaust as show business”, in New Statesman
Forms of outnigger
| third-person singular present | outniggers |
|---|---|
| present participle | outniggering |
| past participle | outniggered |
| past | outniggered |
Origin of outnigger
From out- + nigger.
Questions about outnigger
- What does outnigger mean?
- Outnigger means to outsmart or deceive.
- What part of speech is outnigger?
- Outnigger is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outnigger?
- The past tense of outnigger is outniggered.
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