Thesaurus results for OUTSLICK

outslick

verb

ˌau̇t-ˈslik

Definition of outslick

as in to defeat

to get the better of through cleverness an overly confident con man who thought that he could outslick anyone, even the local Mob leader

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Without Toney, the Chiefs may not have defeated the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
After a topsy-turvy road trip in which the team split six games, the Braves defeated the Nationals again Friday night, 6-2.

— Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of defeat

Verb

Another tactic is treating ship hulls with special paint that thwarts unwanted hitchhikers from latching on.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Valthos, which aims to identify and thwart biological threats exacerbated by AI—think viral infections or contaminated drinking supplies—is trying to prevent them.

— Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of thwart

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That March, Stewart was convicted of conspiring with her Merrill Lynch stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, to deceive authorities probing her December 2001 sale of the ImClone stock.

— Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
The task force suggests that altering the physical environment, such as putting up nets, barriers to force drones into different flight paths, and making one’s surroundings appear uninteresting from the air can deceive drones.

— Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of deceive

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Buechler emphasizes that these visionaries, fueled by a deep sense of what's best for the world, are impossible to outsmart or outlast.

— Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
This disease did not retreat because the bacterium weakened or because humanity outsmarted it.

— Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 29 July 2026

Definition of outsmart

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That will require out-foxing Patriots defensive play-caller Zak Kuhr, whose pressure game plans suffocated the Chargers and Texans the past two weeks.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
Having a robotic bear, rabbit, chicken or fox the size of a refrigerator coming after you in the dark was truly terrifying.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025

Definition of fox

Verb

For more than a decade, India’s leader Narendra Modi has seemed politically unassailable, presiding over a government that has outmaneuvered opponents, dominated public discourse and squeezed the space for dissent in the world’s biggest democracy.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
But while in theory, a superhuman AI system might outmaneuver even the most secure containers, there are also actions AI companies could take right now to improve security.

— Harry Booth, Time, 24 July 2026

Definition of outmaneuver

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