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outskips

outskips is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outskip.

Meaning of outskip

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
  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

Questions about outskips

What is outskips the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outskips is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outskip.

Words near outskips in the dictionary

  1. outskinning
  2. outskins
  3. outskip
  4. outskipped
  5. outskipping
  6. outskips
  7. outskirt
  8. outskirted
  9. outskirter
  10. outskirters
  11. outskirting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outskips (page history and authors); outskip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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