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outtalks

outtalks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outtalk.

Meaning of outtalk

Verb

outtalk (third-person singular simple present outtalks, present participle outtalking, simple past and past participle outtalked)

  1. (transitive) To overpower, outdo, or surpass in talking.
    • McAuliffe was no less gregarious toward his rivals, who were also making the rounds — Moran, a former state delegate, and State Senator R. Creigh Deeds — even as he outtalked, out-handshook, outspent, outhustled, outshouted and just plain outcampaigned them across Richmond.2009 May 10, Adam Nagourney, “Governor Clintonism?”, in New York Times
  2. (transitive) To outwit by talking.

Questions about outtalks

What is outtalks the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outtalks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outtalk.

Words near outtalks in the dictionary

  1. outtalenting
  2. outtalents
  3. outtalk
  4. outtalked
  5. outtalking
  6. outtalks
  7. outtasight
  8. outtask
  9. outtasked
  10. outtasking
  11. outtasks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outtalks (page history and authors); outtalk (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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