outdance

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verb

To dance better than; to outdo in dancing.

OriginEnglish dance ← Middle English ut- ← Old English ūt- →
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Meanings

verboutdance (third-person singular simple present outdances, present participle outdancing, simple past and past participle outdanced)

present singular third person outdances · participle present outdancing · participle past outdanced · past outdanced

  1. To dance better than; to outdo in dancing.

    […] about some young Messapian shepherds who claimed to be able to outdance the local nymphs.

    2009, R. G. A. Buxton, Forms of astonishment: Greek myths of metamorphosis

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Englishdance
  8. Englishoutdance

From out- + dance.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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