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outshaking

outshaking is the present participle and gerund of outshake.

Meaning of outshake

Verb

outshake (third-person singular simple present outshakes, present participle outshaking, simple past outshook, past participle outshaken)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in shaking; to shake more or better than.
    • The Baby Grand Cafe is offering Rose Hardaway $1,500 to dance against La Bommie for the title of "Shake Dance Queen of '52." Bets are 7-5 that Bommie can outshake her.1952, Jet, volume 2, number 16, page 65

Questions about outshaking

What is outshaking the present participle and gerund of?
Outshaking is the present participle and gerund of outshake.

Words near outshaking in the dictionary

  1. outshadowing
  2. outshadows
  3. outshake
  4. outshaken
  5. outshakes
  6. outshaking
  7. outshame
  8. outshamed
  9. outshames
  10. outshaming
  11. outshape

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