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Definition of Outshout
1. Verb. Shout louder than. "Sam cannot outshout Sue "
Generic synonyms: Exceed, Outdo, Outgo, Outmatch, Outperform, Outstrip, Surmount, Surpass
Derivative terms: Outcry
Definition of Outshout
1. Verb. To shout louder or for longer than another. ¹
2. Verb. To merit the most attention or praise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outshout
1. to shout louder than [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outshout
Literary usage of Outshout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1846)
"... to ornament their doors And prank their hearths out, and the while outshout
The unseen cuckoo, and the nightingale Drown in their pealing laughter—or it ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1889)
"I responded, in a voice that gave him to know I had lungs enough to outshout him
even, if occasion should render such a contest needful. ..."
3. Memoirs of Prince Chlodwig of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfuerst by Alexander Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Friedrich Curtius, George William Chrystal (1907)
"American bishops,* &c., yet I think that at the crucial moment the impudent party
will endeavour to outshout all the others. Added to all this, ..."
4. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"Mr. Canty was famous as an orator, and I presume that it was from long practice
that he was able, without apparent exertion, to outshout the storm. ..."
5. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"... will be applauded; but it will not last long; those others will outshout them,
and presently the anti-war audiences will thin out and lose popularity. ..."
6. Music (1897)
"Sometimes the inspiring cause seemed to be the wholly desperate noise of the
orchestra and the frantic efforts made Dy the singers to outshout the band; ..."
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