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outwick

Syllables: out·wickUK/ˈaʊtˌwɪk/

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Scotland/ˈʌʉtˌwɪk/

outwick noun: a shot where a player's stone hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.

Noun

outwick (plural outwicks)

  1. A shot where a player's stone hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.

Verb

UK/aʊtˈwɪk/Scotland/ʌʉtˈwɪk/

outwick (third-person singular simple present outwicks, present participle outwicking, simple past and past participle outwicked)

  1. (also, figuratively, transitive) To play (one's stone) in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.
  2. (also, figuratively, intransitive) Of a stone: to move in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.

Forms of outwick

Noun
pluraloutwicks
Verb
third-person singular presentoutwicks
present participleoutwicking
past participleoutwicked
pastoutwicked

Origin of outwick

The noun is derived from out- (prefix meaning ‘external to; on the outside of’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5). The verb is derived from out- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5), and is modelled after the noun.

Words that rhyme with outwick

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Questions about outwick

What does outwick mean?
Outwick means a shot where a player's stone hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.
What part of speech is outwick?
Outwick can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce outwick?
Outwick is pronounced /ˈaʊtˌwɪk/ (UK).
What is the plural of outwick?
The plural of outwick is outwicks.

Words near outwick in the dictionary

  1. outwhirls
  2. outwhore
  3. outwhored
  4. outwhores
  5. outwhoring
  6. outwick
  7. outwicked
  8. outwicking
  9. outwicks
  10. outwile
  11. outwiled

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