Definitions for outingˈaʊ tɪŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

out•ingˈaʊ tɪŋ(n.)

  1. a pleasure trip, picnic, or the like.

  2. a public appearance, as by a participant in an athletic contest.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  3. the intentional exposure of a secret homosexual, esp. a public figure.

Origin of outing:

1325–75

Princeton's WordNet

  1. excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay(noun)

    a journey taken for pleasure

    "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"

  2. field day, outing, picnic(noun)

    a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. outing(noun)ˈaʊ tɪŋ

    a short trip or activity away from home

    a family on an outing to the beach

Wiktionary

  1. outing(Noun)

    A pleasure trip or excursion.

  2. outing(Noun)

    The practice of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual without that person's consent.

  3. outing(Noun)

    An appearance to perform in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc.


Translations for outing

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

outing(noun)

a usually short trip, made for pleasure

an outing to the seaside.

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