outrock
outrock verb: to surpass in rocking (thrilling or exciting, especially with rock music).
Verb
outrock (third-person singular simple present outrocks, present participle outrocking, simple past and past participle outrocked)
- To surpass in rocking (thrilling or exciting, especially with rock music).
- Love vows to outrock the cooler-than-thou swish kids — and succeeds — chanting "Gabba-gabba baby" and "Shut up!" until there's a puddle of sweat on the floorboards.2004, SPIN, page 90
- Two songs Merle wrote when he was a teenager manage to outrock anything he'd yet recorded.2013, David Cantwell, Merle Haggard: The Running Kind, page 105
Forms of outrock
| third-person singular present | outrocks |
|---|---|
| present participle | outrocking |
| past participle | outrocked |
| past | outrocked |
Origin of outrock
From out- + rock.
Questions about outrock
- What does outrock mean?
- Outrock means to surpass in rocking (thrilling or exciting, especially with rock music).
- What part of speech is outrock?
- Outrock is a verb.
- What is the past tense of outrock?
- The past tense of outrock is outrocked.
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