outkick

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verb

To kick more than, or beyond, something or someone.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

verboutkick (third-person singular simple present outkicks, present participle outkicking, simple past and past participle outkicked)

present singular third person outkicks · participle present outkicking · participle past outkicked · past outkicked

  1. transitiveTo kick more than, or beyond, something or someone.

    He spoke with humor, saying that he outkicked his coverage in marrying his wife.

    2009 January 22, Greg Bishop, “Jets Begin Ryan Era With High Hopes”, in New York Times

Origin

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

From out- + kick.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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