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   Out·ing

   /ˈoudiNG/

   

   noun

   • 1. a trip taken for pleasure, especially one lasting a day or less: "they would go on family outings to the movies" Similar tripexcursionjauntexpeditionpleasure tripday tripday outtourmystery tourairingdriveriderunturncruisesallyinformal:junketspintootlejoyridetoolhurl
   • ▪ a brief journey from home: "her daily outing to the stores"
   • ▪ an appearance in something, as an athletic event or show: informal "her first screen outing in three years"
   • 2. the act or practice of revealing the homosexuality of a person: "LGBT organizations strongly condemn the outing of a transgender person before they are ready to tell their own story" Similar exposureunmaskinguncoveringrevelationexposé

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of going out or of expelling’): from the verb out + -ing1.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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