outing
Etymology

From out + -ing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈaʊtɪŋ/
Noun

outing (plural outings)

  1. A pleasure trip or excursion.
  2. A performance in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc.
    • 2012, BBC News, Daniel Radcliffe defends casting as poet Allen Ginsberg:
      The role is the latest dramatic outing for Radcliffe since the end of the successful Potter franchise.
  3. The practice of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual or transgender without that person's consent.
Translations Translations Translations Verb
  1. Present participle and gerund of out



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