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Outing   /ˈaʊtɪŋ/   Listen
Outing

noun
1.
A journey taken for pleasure.  Synonyms: excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, pleasure trip, sashay.  "It was merely a pleasure trip" , "After cautious sashays into the field"
2.
A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering.  Synonyms: field day, picnic.


Out

verb
1.
To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality.  Synonyms: come out, come out of the closet.
2.
Reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle.  "Someone outed a CIA agent"
3.
Be made known; be disclosed or revealed.  Synonym: come out.



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"Outing" Quotes from Famous Books



... and found we had not opened them, his feelings would have been dreadfully hurt," Prudence said with compunction. "It would have been murder outing. He always says murder will out." Grizzel's dignity could not survive the sight of the brown-paper packages, and the parcels were quickly undone and the wrappings and string tidied away—"the evidences of our folly", Prue said, as she bundled ...
— The Happy Adventurers • Lydia Miller Middleton
... visiting the historic sites on San Juan, make a trip to Mount Constitution on Orcas Island. Two good wagon roads lead all the way to the top, the one from East Sound and the other from Olga. A pleasant day's outing is enjoyed by going up one way and returning by the other. Its altitude, 2,408 feet, is nothing compared with the peaks in the Cascades. Nevertheless, few places offer more comprehensive outlooks. On the descent it will be difficult for the "wise" to resist ...
— The Beauties of the State of Washington - A Book for Tourists • Harry F. Giles
... to secure the help of competent guides is, as I have said in another place, increasing rapidly. The desire also for such a life is also healthfully growing, so that this peculiarly American mode of getting an outing is becoming more and more familiar. It leads to our young folks indulging in all sorts of strengthening pursuits. It takes them away from less profitable places, and the good it does need not be confined to the boys. Young women may swim, fish, and row like their brothers, but ...
— Doctor and Patient • S. Weir Mitchell
... Headquarters at Mt. Kineo for a day or two, and then down the West Branch of the Penobscot in canoes, and over the carries until the comfortable camp at Cauquomgomoc Lake was reached. Deer, moose, partridge, and trout were in abundance. Every minute of that delightful outing was filled ...
— The Romance and Tragedy • William Ingraham Russell
... discouragements—and at the right moment she produced strawberries and cream. Reginald was obviously affected by the latter, and when his preceptress suggested that he might begin the strenuous life by helping her to supervise the annual outing of the bucolic infants who composed the local choir, his eyes shone with the ...
— Reginald • Saki


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