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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The Labor Day bonfire with friends from the Down 2 Pound motorcycle club was his first outing to the old haunt in a year.
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Crockett is competing with the Hamilton Joes this year and recently turned in a stellar outing against the Xenia Scouts on Wednesday.
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Getting down 5-0 after the third inning on a shaky outing from rookie starter Andrew Moore certainly could’ve tempered the energy.
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Late-night TV satirists never tire of noting how the president has put on weight in office, despite frequent outings to play golf.
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While the details of the proposal haven't been revealed, perhaps the post hints at a romantic lakeside outing.
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Baumann is scheduled for his first multi-inning outing this weekend, and could join a full-season affiliate shortly afterward.
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As BuzzFeed points out, Kendall’s last major outing with Taylor was in June 2015, when Taylor was on the 1989 World Tour, long before #ReceiptGate.
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Aramazd Andressian Jr. vanished in late April after a family outing to Disneyland.
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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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