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outwhirl

outwhirl verb: to surpass in whirling or spinning.

Verb

outwhirl (third-person singular simple present outwhirls, present participle outwhirling, simple past and past participle outwhirled)

  1. (rare, transitive) To surpass in whirling or spinning.
    • O Cynthia! why so pale? Dost thou lament
      Thy wretched neighbour? Grieve to see thy wheel
      Of ceaseless change outwhirl'd in human life?1742, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, Night I
    • I want to interrogate Anna's grandmother to learn the grace of her dervish heritage, to see her perform the whirl—forbidden to females—in the intimacy of her home, where, Anna's mother told me, she was renowned for outwhirling even the fittest of men.2013, Tessa McWatt, Vital Signs, page 18

Forms of outwhirl

third-person singular presentoutwhirls
present participleoutwhirling
past participleoutwhirled
pastoutwhirled

Origin of outwhirl

From out- + whirl.

Questions about outwhirl

What does outwhirl mean?
Outwhirl means to surpass in whirling or spinning.
What part of speech is outwhirl?
Outwhirl is a verb.
What is the past tense of outwhirl?
The past tense of outwhirl is outwhirled.

Words near outwhirl in the dictionary

  1. outwellings
  2. outwells
  3. outwent
  4. outwentst
  5. outwept
  6. outwhirl
  7. outwhirled
  8. outwhirling
  9. outwhirls
  10. outwhore
  11. outwhored

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