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out(5) (iou)



out verb.
[Old English utian = Old Frisian utia, Old High German uon. Perh. re-formed in Middle English.]
verb trans.
a. Expel, reject, or dismiss from or from a place, office, rank, etc.; deprive (of a possession). OE.
E. FitzGerald My pictures..are now got back to the Room they were outed from. E. Waugh They had outed Asquith quite easily.
b. Extinguish; blot out. E16.
I. Gurney Stars are routed And street lamps outed.
c. In a ball game, esp. tennis: send (the ball) outside the court or playing area. M19.
d. Make unconscious; Boxing knock out, defeat, (an opponent); kill, esp. by a blow. slang. L19.
verb intrans. Be expelled or extinguished; go out. Usu. in imper. ME.
Tennyson: O drunken ribaldry! Out, beast!..begone!
verb trans. Bring out; exhibit; disclose; utter. LME.
S. Middleton As soon as she'd outed the words, she began to cry.
b. Publicly reveal or expose the homosexuality of (a well-known person), esp. in order to promote a homosexual cause; gen. expose, publicly reveal. L20.
verb intrans. Of information, news, etc.: become known. LME.
W. Westall 'Murder will out.' They say so, because they have no idea how often murders don't out.
verb intrans. Go out, esp. on a pleasure-trip. Cf. OUTING 3a. colloq. M19.
Phrases: out with (a) have out, bring out; disclose; out with it, say what you are thinking or hesitating over; (b) expel, extinguish.