outlash

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noun

The act of somebody lashing out.

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Meanings

nounoutlash (plural outlashes)

plural outlashes

  1. The act of somebody lashing out.

    We cannot speak a loyal word and be meanly silent, we cannot kill and not kill in the same moment, but a room is wide enough for the loyal and mean desire, for the outlash of a murderous thought and the sharp backward stroke of repentance.

    1876, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 4, in Daniel Deronda, volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC
verboutlash (third-person singular simple present outlashes, present participle outlashing, simple past and past participle outlashed)

present singular third person outlashes · participle present outlashing · participle past outlashed · past outlashed

  1. rareTo lash out.

Origin

From out- + lash.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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