outlick

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verb

to perform better than.

“December 7 2006, Lewis Smith, Irish Independent, New-found species of exotic bat outlicks all rivalshttp://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/newfound-species-of-exotic-bat-outlicks-all-rivals-63367.html”

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Meanings

verboutlick (third-person singular simple present outlicks, present participle outlicking, simple past and past participle outlicked)

present singular third person outlicks · participle present outlicking · participle past outlicked · past outlicked

  1. datedinformaltransitiveto perform better than.

    Things liked in girls are "a good personality," "manners," or, "she's quite special for a girl. She's a tomboy and quite interesting. Good mind. Pretty. At some things she can outlick any boy in school— skiing, for instance.

    1956, Arnold Gessel, Youth: the years from ten to sixteen
  2. transitiveto lick better than.

    December 7 2006, Lewis Smith, Irish Independent, New-found species of exotic bat outlicks all rivalshttp://www.independent.ie/world-news/americas/newfound-species-of-exotic-bat-outlicks-all-rivals-63367.html

Origin

From out- + lick.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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