out·ing

out·ing
/ˈaʊtıŋ/ noun, pl -ings [count]
1 : a brief trip that people take for fun usually as a group

We went on a backpacking outing.

a family/school outing

— often + to

She took the children on an outing to the zoo.

2 : a time when an athlete (such as a baseball pitcher) competes in a game or contest

The pitcher has struggled in his last three outings. [=the last three times he has pitched in a game]

He had a good/bad outing. [=he played well/poorly]

3 a : an act of telling the public that a person is homosexual when that person does not want the public to know

the outing of a famous actor by gay activists

3 b : an act of telling people that a person has a certain job, identity, etc., that was supposed to be kept secret

the outing of a secret agent


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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