"outlick" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outlicks [present, singular, third-person], outlicking [participle, present], outlicked [participle, past], outlicked [past]
Etymology: out- + lick Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|out|lick}} out- + lick Head templates: {{en-verb}} outlick (third-person singular simple present outlicks, present participle outlicking, simple past and past participle outlicked)
  1. (dated, informal, transitive) to perform better than. Tags: dated, informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-outlick-en-verb-dD-q5QAr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 45 55
  2. (transitive) to lick better than. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outlick-en-verb-st-aLLos Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 45 55

Inflected forms

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