outhit

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verb

To hit something better or further than (another), especially to score better in a game involving hitting a ball with a bat.

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

verbouthit (third-person singular simple present outhits, present participle outhitting, simple past and past participle outhit)

present singular third person outhits · participle present outhitting

  1. To hit something better or further than (another), especially to score better in a game involving hitting a ball with a bat.

    Nitschke could see that the Chiefs were another team like the Cowboys, a team that tried to outcute the defense rather than outhit them.

    2004, Edward Gruver, Nitschke, page 163

Origin

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

From out- + hit.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with outhit

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Cite this entry
APA

outhit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outhit

MLA

“outhit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outhit. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outhit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outhit.

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