outskate

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verb

To skate better than.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verboutskate (third-person singular simple present outskates, present participle outskating, simple past and past participle outskated)

present singular third person outskates · participle present outskating · participle past outskated · past outskated

  1. transitivehobbiesTo skate better than.

    “Jeremy outskated him right after he skated well,” Abbott’s coach, Tom Zakrajsek, said of Abbott’s short program after Lysacek’s strong performance.

    2009 January 24, Juliet Macur, “Weir and Lysacek Find Company at the Top”, 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. Englishskate
  8. Englishoutskate

From out- + skate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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