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outstriking

outstriking is the present participle and gerund of outstrike.

Meaning of outstrike

Verb

outstrike (third-person singular simple present outstrikes, present participle outstriking, simple past outstruck, past participle outstruck or outstricken)

  1. (transitive) To strike faster or harder than.
    • […] This blows my heart:
      If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean
      Shall outstrike thought: but thought will do’t, I feel.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

Questions about outstriking

What is outstriking the present participle and gerund of?
Outstriking is the present participle and gerund of outstrike.

Words near outstriking in the dictionary

  1. outstrided
  2. outstrides
  3. outstriding
  4. outstrike
  5. outstrikes
  6. outstriking
  7. outstrip
  8. outstripped
  9. outstripper
  10. outstrippers
  11. outstrippest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outstriking (page history and authors); outstrike (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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