outing
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
outings
plural
outings
Britannica Dictionary definition of OUTING
[count]
1
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a brief trip that people take for fun usually as a group
— often + to
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We went on a backpacking outing.
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a family/school outing
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She took the children on an outing to the zoo.
2
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a time when an athlete (such as a baseball pitcher) competes in a game or contest
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The pitcher has struggled in his last three outings. [=the last three times he has pitched in a game]
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He had a good/bad outing. [=he played well/poorly]
3
a
:
an act of telling the public that a person is gay when that person does not want the public to know
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the outing of a famous actor by gay activists
b
:
an act of telling people that a person has a certain job, identity, etc., that was supposed to be kept secret
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the outing of a secret agent
