outcoach

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verb

To provide better coaching than (another person or group).

OriginEnglish coach ← Middle French coche ← German Kutsche →
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Meanings

verboutcoach (third-person singular simple present outcoaches, present participle outcoaching, simple past and past participle outcoached)

present singular third person outcoaches · participle present outcoaching · participle past outcoached · past outcoached

  1. transitiveTo provide better coaching than (another person or group).

    Last year, the Bears were outplayed and outcoached and deserved to lose.

    1988 January 15, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. GermanKutsche
  8. Middle Frenchcoche
  9. Englishcoach
  10. Englishoutcoach

From out- + coach.

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APA

outcoach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outcoach

MLA

“outcoach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outcoach. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outcoach,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outcoach.

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