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Definition of Outing
1. Noun. A journey taken for pleasure. "After cautious sashays into the field"
Generic synonyms: Journey, Journeying
Specialized synonyms: Airing, Field Trip
Derivative terms: Excursionist, Jaunt, Junket
2. Noun. A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering.
Definition of Outing
1. n. The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a summer outing.
Definition of Outing
1. Noun. A pleasure trip or excursion. ¹
2. Noun. The practice of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual without that person's consent. ¹
3. Noun. An appearance to perform in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc. ¹
4. Verb. (present participle of out) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outing
1. a short pleasure trip [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outing
Literary usage of Outing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"outing 69: 295-300 F 26 '16 Eligibility rules for intercollegiate athletics. ...
outing 67:455-61 F 46 Things that count. PR Cobb. outing 69:201-3 N '16 ..."
2. Poole's Index to Periodical Literature: 1st-[5th] Supplement, Jan. 1, 1882 by William Frederick Poole, William Isaac Fletcher, American Library Association (1893)
"outing, 17: 23, 116. — in Japan. (GN Curzon) New R. i: 395. Wright, William. ....
(AJ Kenealy) outing, 18: 383, 475- 19: 33- Yacht Cruise, Formal American. ..."
3. The Annual Literary Index by William Isaac Fletcher, Richard Rogers Bowker (1905)
"Horn, Mrs. BS, amateur golf champion of America. outing ... outing. 44: ii7(Ap).
Horse-breeding, English, and army remounts. ..."
4. A Bibliography of Physical Training by James Huff McCurdy, Jacob Titus Bowne (1905)
"A Forecast of the Season, 1894, outing, November, 1894. ... Details of Defensive
Game, outing, 17: 209. P363.1 Football Facts and Figures. ..."
5. The Annual Library Index edited by William Isaac Fletcher, Helen Elizabeth Haines (1909)
"In the pear orchard. outing, 52: 752—7(808). In the plum yard. outing ...
Ctry Life Am. 15: 50-2 (X). Mocking birds are mating. outing, 51: 676-8 ..."
6. Mazama: A Record of Mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest by Or Mazamas (Portland, Mazamas (Portland, Or.) (1907)
"In writing a description of the mountain, when one has visited it on a Club
outing, the temptation is very strong to dwell at length upon the delightful ..."
7. Historical Papers and Addresses of the Lancaster County Historical Society by Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa (1920)
"Annual Society outing. The annual outing of the Lancaster County Historical
Society was held Saturday, September 20, 1919, at Cassel's Park, near Marietta, ..."
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