outwick

out·wick
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US, UK/ˈaʊtˌwɪk/Scotland/ˈʌʉtˌwɪk/US, UK/aʊtˈwɪk/Scotland/ʌʉtˈwɪk/

noun

A shot where a player's stone hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.

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Meanings

nounoutwick (plural outwicks)

plural outwicks

  1. ball gamesA shot where a player's stone hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.
verboutwick (third-person singular simple present outwicks, present participle outwicking, simple past and past participle outwicked)

present singular third person outwicks · participle present outwicking · participle past outwicked · past outwicked

  1. alsofigurativelytransitiveball gamesTo play (one's stone) in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.
  2. alsofigurativelyintransitiveball gamesOf a stone: to move in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.

Origin

The noun is derived from out- (prefix meaning ‘external to; on the outside of’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5). The verb is derived from out- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5), and is modelled after the noun.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with outwick

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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