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outskip

outskip verb: to avoid by flight or fleeing; escape.

Verb

outskip (third-person singular simple present outskips, present participle outskipping, simple past and past participle outskipped)

  1. (transitive) To avoid by flight or fleeing; escape.
    • Thou lost thyself, child Drusus, when thou thoughtst Thou couldst outskip my vengeance; or outstand The power I had to crush thee into air.1816, Ben Jonson, William Gifford, The works of Ben Jonson
    • The right novice of pregnant and aspiring conceit will not outskip any precious gem of invention, or any beautiful flower of elocution that may richly adorn or gallantly bedeck the trim garland of his budding style.1866, Gerald Massey, Shakspeare's sonnets never before interpreted
  2. (transitive) To surpass in skipping; surpass in skipping stones.
    • We had stopped throwing stones in view of anyone except ourselves years ago, after we saw the looks on the adults' faces when we outskipped them.2008, Brenda Cooper, The Silver Ship and the Sea

Forms of outskip

third-person singular presentoutskips
present participleoutskipping
past participleoutskipped
pastoutskipped

Origin of outskip

From out- + skip.

Questions about outskip

What does outskip mean?
Outskip means to avoid by flight or fleeing; escape.
What part of speech is outskip?
Outskip is a verb.
What is the past tense of outskip?
The past tense of outskip is outskipped.

Words near outskip in the dictionary

  1. outskills
  2. outskin
  3. outskinned
  4. outskinning
  5. outskins
  6. outskip
  7. outskipped
  8. outskipping
  9. outskips
  10. outskirt
  11. outskirted

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