wideout

noun

wide·​out ˈwīd-ˌau̇t How to pronounce wideout (audio)

Examples of wideout in a Sentence

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The third-year wideout has 948 receiving yards in eight games this season. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025 New York will receive a 2026 and 2027 first-round pick along with second-year wideout Adonai Mitchell. Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025 Rookie first-round wideout Matthew Golden suffered a shoulder injury Sunday and didn’t finish the game. Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025 So the Broncos trusted him enough on Sunday to chuck him in on third down at their 6-yard line against one of the best wideouts in the NFL — Dallas’ George Pickens — in his second defensive snap of the season. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wideout

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wideout was in 1967

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“Wideout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wideout. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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