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Definition of outing
1 : a brief usually outdoor pleasure trip
2 : an athletic competition or race; also : an appearance therein
3 : a usually public presentation or appearance (as in a particular role) her first outing as a novelist
4 : the public disclosure of the covert homosexuality of a prominent person especially by homosexual activists
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Recent Examples of outing from the Web
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Aramazd Andressian Jr. vanished in late April after a family outing to Disneyland.
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Bailey didn’t make it out of the second inning in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, giving up eight runs in that outing.
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The 19-year-old right-hander turned in his second quality start in his last three outings, striking out six and allowing a run over six innings in the TinCaps’ 5-1 win over visiting South Bench on Monday night.
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The leisurely outings precede a speech the former president is supposed to give at an Indonesian Diaspora Congress in Jakarta.
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The outing evoked memories of right-hander Willie Glen, the only RailCats player with his number retired.
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Her first Flea Off Market outing takes place in August.
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White’s career ended terrifically as his final five appearances went without a run given up and culminated with a stellar outing on May 6 in a 17-6 win over Chapman in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament.
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Among his outings were four shutouts and a no-hitter.
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First Known Use of outing
1821
OUTING Defined for English Language Learners
outing
playDefinition of outing for English Language Learners
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: a brief trip that people take for fun usually as a group
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: a time when an athlete (such as a baseball pitcher) competes in a game or contest
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: an act of telling the public that a person is homosexual when that person does not want the public to know
OUTING Defined for Kids
outing
playDefinition of outing for Students
: a brief usually outdoor trip for pleasure We went on an outing to the beach.
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