outingn.

Brit.

/ˈaʊtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈaʊdɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English outeyng, Middle English outynge, Middle English owtynge, 1600s 1800s– outing, 1900s– outin (Irish English (northern)); English regional 1800s ahtin (Yorkshire), 1800s– awtin (northern), 1800s– ootin' (northern), 1800s– owtin (northern); Scottish pre-1700 outtyne, pre-1700 outyne, pre-1700 outyng, pre-1700 owting, pre-1700 owtting, pre-1700 1700s outting, pre-1700 1700s– outing, 1800s ooten (Orkney and Shetland), 1800s ootin', 1900s– ootin, 1900s– outin, 1900s– uten (Shetland).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < out v. + -ing suffix¹.

†1. The condition of being out in the world; the action of going out or forth. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > expedition

fareOE

outfarea1400

outinga1425

expeditiona1616

outmarch1847

a1425 Daily Work (Arun.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 155 And as þou ordayns þine vtter beryng in outeyng, als loke þou be with-in deuote.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 620 The Erll sperit at hym tithing How he had farn in his outyng.

†2. The action of putting or driving out, expulsion; (also) the action of sending forth, issuing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out

outputtinga1387

outcastinga1398

outing1440

deboutement1481

expulsiona1513

expulsing1528

expelling1532

expulsement1537

propulsation1578

expulsure1598

ejectment1602

outcast1602

abandoning1611

unroosting1615

propulsion1626

eliminationa1631

chucking-out1881

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 375 Owtynge, or a-woydaunce, evacuacio, deliberacio.

1584 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 706 Outting and fenyeing of fals..cunyie.

1639 W. Laud Wks. (1849) II. 348 Salvation need not be feared of any dutiful child, nor outing from the church.

1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. xv. xv, in Wks. 464 Doing all that was to be done..toward the Outing of him again, and Engrossing the Power to himself.

3. Originally English regional (chiefly northern). An excursion, esp. one lasting (part of) a day; a pleasure trip; the making of pleasure trips. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > outing or excursion > [noun]

airing1607

tour1656

excursion1699

scheme1758

out1762

visit1800

outing1821

day out1822

day trip1838

spin1856

ta-ta1886

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 42 The long rural string of merry games, That at such outings maketh much ado.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 122 ‘A bit of an outing’, a short journey or pleasure-trip.

1886 Illustr. London News 8 May 489/3 She could not afford two outings in the year.

1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island vii. 75 The visit to Echo Lodge was not the least pleasant of many pleasant holiday outings.

1992 News of World 15 Nov. (Suppl.) 26/2 Outings to exhibitions, zoos and museums can help adults and kids learn.

†4. Agriculture. A stroke made with a scythe by a mower (see quot. 1844). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 29 Not to turn over the swarths, but..to leave them upon what is termed the outing, made at the commencement of the preceding swarth by the mower putting his scythe in a sloping direction downwards.

†5. Cricket. The situation or position of the team which is fielding (see out adv. 17c). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > [noun] > bowling and fielding

outing1849

outcricket1884

outplay1884

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [noun] > position of being kept out

outing1849

1849 Bell's Life in London 30 Sept. 6/2 I Zingari averages, 1849. Results with bat and ball... Innings... Runs... Outings... Bowled.

1897 Daily News 8 June 8/4 The Philadelphians bore their long outing very well, the fielding being sustained at a fairly good pitch of excellence.

a. gen. A public appearance, performance, or display; spec. (a) an airing or hearing of an opinion, etc.; (b) an appearance as a performer on a commercially released film, recording, etc.; (hence) the film, recording, etc., itself; a commercial release (cf. offering n. 3c).

ΚΠ

1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds III. lxvi. 158 Mr. Emilius no doubt had had his outing in the autumn through the instrumentality of Mrs. Carbuncle's kindness.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. ii. iv. 276 ‘Your first outing will be Monday night, I suppose?’ ‘Yes. At Mrs Yeobright's.’

1899 C. J. C. Hyne Further Adventures Capt. Kettle xii. 310 Captain Owen Kettle's week's outing in the daily papers ran its course with due thrills and headlines.

1982 Observer 10 Oct. 40/8 This column's Third Rule of Television—‘If it works, change it’—was given another zesty outing last week.

1991 Gay Times Apr. 11/2 With the local Government elections coming up in May it is, of course, time to dust down the loony left and give it another outing.

1994 Hispanic June 72/2 From the sultry opening strains of the title tune, it's obvious that this is no routine Tex-Mex outing.

b. Sport. An appearance as a player or contestant in a game, match, race, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > appearance at contest

outing1943

1943 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Apr. 18/1 Benefitting from a previous outing at the meeting, Mrs. Ray Feinberg's Charge, ridden by Danny Scocca, closed fast.

1962 Washington Daily News 31 May 46/1 Senor Ramos has really been a wow for the Indians in his last two outings. He whipped the Nats 2–1.

1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 29 Any young cricketer brought into the traditional twelve for his first Test outing could expect a back page headline in the national newspapers.

1990 New Yorker 16 Apr. 98/1 In his two outings..he has chalked up thirty strikeouts.

7. Nautical. The distance out at sea, etc. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [noun] > distance out

outing1883

1883 Cent. Mag. Dec. 201/2 Beyond this,..in the farthest outing, hill-crowned islands.

1896 J. Horne Canny Countryside 10 (E.D.D.) In the outing furious waves fight and plunge.

a. Originally U.S. The disclosure of the undeclared homosexuality of a prominent public figure, originally as a tactical move by gay-rights activists (see out v. 6a).

ΚΠ

1990 Time 29 Jan. 67/1 Discussion about who is ‘in the closet’ has generally been held to a discreet murmur... That consensus is fast breaking down with the spread of a phenomenon known as ‘outing’.

1990 Pink Times (Oxford) Autumn 17/1 The show business euphemism ‘longtime companions’ is becoming hideously inappropriate in the context of AIDS, and its inadvertant [sic] outing of heavily closeted movie stars.

1993 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 27 June 15/2 In 1990 Michelangelo Signorile, a columnist for the short-lived, often-cited gay magazine Outweek, pioneered ‘outing’, a practice in which prominent people were identified as homosexuals, whether they wanted to be or not.

1995 Daily Express 17 Mar. 60/2 The ‘outing’ of prominent gays is the result of years of repression and bigotry suffered by gays.

2000 A. Maupin Night Listener (2001) xi. 145 I remembered how you feel about that outing business. You obviously have a penchant for full disclosure.

b. In extended use: the disclosure or publication of any information about a person which that person would prefer to remain private.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > a disclosure

reveal1596

disclosure1773

showdown1880

outing1991

1991 Sunday Tel. 9 June (Review section) p. xiv/2 Eagleton has practised a kind of ‘outing’..on individuals who don't display the ideological basis to their criticism.

1991 Reason Dec. 16/3 A new turn in the outing craze, The Bald Urban Liberation Brigade of New York City is posting fliers of celebrities who secretly wear toupees.

2004 Nation 15 Mar. 10/2 Do the Journal editors really fail to understand the difference between criticism of Novak's unpatriotic and immoral outing of Plame and criticism of the Patriot Act's unwarranted expansion of police power?

Compounds

C1. General attributive (in sense 3).

ΚΠ

1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 11 In the outing dress he wore..he was always effective.

1899 Boston Evening Transcript 22 Apr. 23/6 A few of these outing hats are..rather elaborately finished by ribbon loops and aigrettes.

1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 July 3/6 (advt.) New awning stripe outing skirts.

1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 July 2/1 (advt.) Take a Camera Wherever You Go. What is more delightful than having pictures of outing parties, picnics, scenery, etc.?

1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. xv. 262 He was pleased by the..summery appearance he made in an outing shirt and canvas shoes.

1967 Boston Sunday Herald 14 May ii. 17/2 Every summer its members provide rafts and guides for vacationing familes, outing groups, and student expeditions.

1981 W. Soyinka Aké i. 18 We sat in groups on mats spread out in the garden, all in outing dresses.

C2.

outing flannel n. U.S. a type of flannelette.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > with open or loose texture > flannel > types of > soft

flannelette1887

outing flannel1888

1888 N.Y. Times 17 June 9 (advt.) Men's Tennis and Outing Flannel Shirts, in plain and fancy patterns.

1889 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 9 (advt.) Outing Flannels—new designs 12½ c.

1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling v. 51 The gray fur was as soft as his mother's outing flannel nightgown.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	outing
释义	outingn. Brit. /ˈaʊtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈaʊdɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English outeyng, Middle English outynge, Middle English owtynge, 1600s 1800s– outing, 1900s– outin (Irish English (northern)); English regional 1800s ahtin (Yorkshire), 1800s– awtin (northern), 1800s– ootin' (northern), 1800s– owtin (northern); Scottish pre-1700 outtyne, pre-1700 outyne, pre-1700 outyng, pre-1700 owting, pre-1700 owtting, pre-1700 1700s outting, pre-1700 1700s– outing, 1800s ooten (Orkney and Shetland), 1800s ootin', 1900s– ootin, 1900s– outin, 1900s– uten (Shetland). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < out v. + -ing suffix¹. †1. The condition of being out in the world; the action of going out or forth. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > expedition fareOE outfarea1400 outinga1425 expeditiona1616 outmarch1847 a1425 Daily Work (Arun.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 155 And as þou ordayns þine vtter beryng in outeyng, als loke þou be with-in deuote. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 620 The Erll sperit at hym tithing How he had farn in his outyng. †2. The action of putting or driving out, expulsion; (also) the action of sending forth, issuing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > expulsion or driving out outputtinga1387 outcastinga1398 outing1440 deboutement1481 expulsiona1513 expulsing1528 expelling1532 expulsement1537 propulsation1578 expulsure1598 ejectment1602 outcast1602 abandoning1611 unroosting1615 propulsion1626 eliminationa1631 chucking-out1881 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 375 Owtynge, or a-woydaunce, evacuacio, deliberacio. 1584 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 706 Outting and fenyeing of fals..cunyie. 1639 W. Laud Wks. (1849) II. 348 Salvation need not be feared of any dutiful child, nor outing from the church. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Jewish Antiq. xv. xv, in Wks. 464 Doing all that was to be done..toward the Outing of him again, and Engrossing the Power to himself. 3. Originally English regional (chiefly northern). An excursion, esp. one lasting (part of) a day; a pleasure trip; the making of pleasure trips. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > outing or excursion > [noun] airing1607 tour1656 excursion1699 scheme1758 out1762 visit1800 outing1821 day out1822 day trip1838 spin1856 ta-ta1886 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 42 The long rural string of merry games, That at such outings maketh much ado. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 122 ‘A bit of an outing’, a short journey or pleasure-trip. 1886 Illustr. London News 8 May 489/3 She could not afford two outings in the year. 1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island vii. 75 The visit to Echo Lodge was not the least pleasant of many pleasant holiday outings. 1992 News of World 15 Nov. (Suppl.) 26/2 Outings to exhibitions, zoos and museums can help adults and kids learn. †4. Agriculture. A stroke made with a scythe by a mower (see quot. 1844). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 29 Not to turn over the swarths, but..to leave them upon what is termed the outing, made at the commencement of the preceding swarth by the mower putting his scythe in a sloping direction downwards. †5. Cricket. The situation or position of the team which is fielding (see out adv. 17c). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > [noun] > bowling and fielding outing1849 outcricket1884 outplay1884 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > fielding > [noun] > position of being kept out outing1849 1849 Bell's Life in London 30 Sept. 6/2 I Zingari averages, 1849. Results with bat and ball... Innings... Runs... Outings... Bowled. 1897 Daily News 8 June 8/4 The Philadelphians bore their long outing very well, the fielding being sustained at a fairly good pitch of excellence. 6. a. gen. A public appearance, performance, or display; spec. (a) an airing or hearing of an opinion, etc.; (b) an appearance as a performer on a commercially released film, recording, etc.; (hence) the film, recording, etc., itself; a commercial release (cf. offering n. 3c). ΚΠ 1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds III. lxvi. 158 Mr. Emilius no doubt had had his outing in the autumn through the instrumentality of Mrs. Carbuncle's kindness. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. ii. iv. 276 ‘Your first outing will be Monday night, I suppose?’ ‘Yes. At Mrs Yeobright's.’ 1899 C. J. C. Hyne Further Adventures Capt. Kettle xii. 310 Captain Owen Kettle's week's outing in the daily papers ran its course with due thrills and headlines. 1982 Observer 10 Oct. 40/8 This column's Third Rule of Television—‘If it works, change it’—was given another zesty outing last week. 1991 Gay Times Apr. 11/2 With the local Government elections coming up in May it is, of course, time to dust down the loony left and give it another outing. 1994 Hispanic June 72/2 From the sultry opening strains of the title tune, it's obvious that this is no routine Tex-Mex outing. b. Sport. An appearance as a player or contestant in a game, match, race, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > [noun] > appearance at contest outing1943 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Apr. 18/1 Benefitting from a previous outing at the meeting, Mrs. Ray Feinberg's Charge, ridden by Danny Scocca, closed fast. 1962 Washington Daily News 31 May 46/1 Senor Ramos has really been a wow for the Indians in his last two outings. He whipped the Nats 2–1. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 29 Any young cricketer brought into the traditional twelve for his first Test outing could expect a back page headline in the national newspapers. 1990 New Yorker 16 Apr. 98/1 In his two outings..he has chalked up thirty strikeouts. 7. Nautical. The distance out at sea, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [noun] > distance out outing1883 1883 Cent. Mag. Dec. 201/2 Beyond this,..in the farthest outing, hill-crowned islands. 1896 J. Horne Canny Countryside 10 (E.D.D.) In the outing furious waves fight and plunge. 8. a. Originally U.S. The disclosure of the undeclared homosexuality of a prominent public figure, originally as a tactical move by gay-rights activists (see out v. 6a). ΚΠ 1990 Time 29 Jan. 67/1 Discussion about who is ‘in the closet’ has generally been held to a discreet murmur... That consensus is fast breaking down with the spread of a phenomenon known as ‘outing’. 1990 Pink Times (Oxford) Autumn 17/1 The show business euphemism ‘longtime companions’ is becoming hideously inappropriate in the context of AIDS, and its inadvertant [sic] outing of heavily closeted movie stars. 1993 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 27 June 15/2 In 1990 Michelangelo Signorile, a columnist for the short-lived, often-cited gay magazine Outweek, pioneered ‘outing’, a practice in which prominent people were identified as homosexuals, whether they wanted to be or not. 1995 Daily Express 17 Mar. 60/2 The ‘outing’ of prominent gays is the result of years of repression and bigotry suffered by gays. 2000 A. Maupin Night Listener (2001) xi. 145 I remembered how you feel about that outing business. You obviously have a penchant for full disclosure. b. In extended use: the disclosure or publication of any information about a person which that person would prefer to remain private. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > a disclosure reveal1596 disclosure1773 showdown1880 outing1991 1991 Sunday Tel. 9 June (Review section) p. xiv/2 Eagleton has practised a kind of ‘outing’..on individuals who don't display the ideological basis to their criticism. 1991 Reason Dec. 16/3 A new turn in the outing craze, The Bald Urban Liberation Brigade of New York City is posting fliers of celebrities who secretly wear toupees. 2004 Nation 15 Mar. 10/2 Do the Journal editors really fail to understand the difference between criticism of Novak's unpatriotic and immoral outing of Plame and criticism of the Patriot Act's unwarranted expansion of police power? Compounds C1. General attributive (in sense 3). ΚΠ 1897 W. D. Howells Landlord Lion's Head 11 In the outing dress he wore..he was always effective. 1899 Boston Evening Transcript 22 Apr. 23/6 A few of these outing hats are..rather elaborately finished by ribbon loops and aigrettes. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 July 3/6 (advt.) New awning stripe outing skirts. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 July 2/1 (advt.) Take a Camera Wherever You Go. What is more delightful than having pictures of outing parties, picnics, scenery, etc.? 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. ii. xv. 262 He was pleased by the..summery appearance he made in an outing shirt and canvas shoes. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 14 May ii. 17/2 Every summer its members provide rafts and guides for vacationing familes, outing groups, and student expeditions. 1981 W. Soyinka Aké i. 18 We sat in groups on mats spread out in the garden, all in outing dresses. C2. outing flannel n. U.S. a type of flannelette. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > with open or loose texture > flannel > types of > soft flannelette1887 outing flannel1888 1888 N.Y. Times 17 June 9 (advt.) Men's Tennis and Outing Flannel Shirts, in plain and fancy patterns. 1889 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 9 (advt.) Outing Flannels—new designs 12½ c. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling v. 51 The gray fur was as soft as his mother's outing flannel nightgown. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425
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