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▪ I. † ˈoutshout, n. Obs.
[out- 7.]
The act of shouting out; a loud shout.
1579–80North Plutarch (1676) 321 Crows fell down..which by chance flew over the Shew-place at that time that they made the same outshout.
▪ II. outˈshout, v.
[out- 18.]
trans. To outdo or surpass in shouting; to shout louder than. Also fig.
a1661B. Holyday Juvenal 120 As if he would implie that she outshouted them. 1889C. Edwardes Sardinia 190 Trying to outshout his neighbour. 1934T. Wilder Heaven's my Destination ix. 165 The hold-up man finally outshouted them: ‘Say, shut up, you two! What's the idea?..I'm not fooling.’ 1962R. P. Jhabvala Get Ready for Battle ii. 105 But Mala outshouted them both and..shut the door behind them. 1962Spectator 24 Aug. 272/3 Ronald Fraser..outshouts the rest of the cast. 1971Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 8 Jan. 15/4 It is still too early to say whether the voices calling for a new airways system will outshout those in favour of improving the present set up. 1976New Yorker 15 Nov. 131/1 The story of Demosthenes, who learned to speak clearly by out-shouting the surf through a mouthful of pebbles. |