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Noun: outing  aw-ting
  1. A journey taken for pleasure
    "many summer outings to the shore";
    - excursion, jaunt, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay [N. Amer]
     
  2. A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
    - field day, picnic
Verb: out  awt
  1. To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
    "This actor outed last year";
    - come out of the closet, come out
     
  2. Reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
    "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
     
  3. Be made known; be disclosed or revealed
    "The truth will out";
    - come out

Derived forms: outings

Type of: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, holiday [Brit], journey, journeying, lay bare, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap, vac [Brit, informal], vacation, vacay [Brit, N. Amer, informal]

Encyclopedia: Outing, Minnesota

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