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Meaning of OUTING

Pronunciation:  'awting

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"
  2. [n]  a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
 
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 Synonyms: excursion, expedition, field day, jaunt, junket, picnic, pleasure trip, sashay
 
 See Also: airing, field trip, holiday, journey, journeying, vacation

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Out"ing\, n.
1. The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a
   summer outing.
2. A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time.
   [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
 
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 Related Terms: campaign, circuit, course, excursion, expedition, grand tour, jaunt, journey, junket, package tour, peregrination, pilgrimage, pleasure trip, progress, ride, round trip, roundabout, rubberneck tour, run, safari, sally, shoot, spin, stalk, tour, trek, trip, turn, voyage
 

 

 

 

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