Browsing page 44 of "O" words

notes

• this suffix shows possession, it also shows that something is not being shared

  Last edited on Jul 07 2024. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 07 2024.

adjective

• excluded from something.

  Person A: Who wants to help me paint the garage this weekend?
  
  Person B: I'm out.

  Last edited on Dec 20 2011. Submitted by Mark from Sarasota, FL, USA on Mar 15 2000.

• leaving, signing off, hanging up. Etymology speculation: derived from the CB slang "Over and out".

  Out.

  I'm out.

                                           
  
                                                                                                              
  
  Citation from "Chapter 13", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Dec 20 2011. Submitted by Steve M. from CA, USA on Jun 28 2002.

• having "come out", i.e. out of the closet.

  Is she out yet?

  Last edited on Apr 20 2011. Submitted by Morgan D. from Seattle, WA, USA on Aug 30 2003.

• asleep or unconscious.

                                                                              
  
                                                               
  
                                                                                
  
  Citation from "Good Cop Bad Dog", Modern Family (TV) , Season 2 Episode 22 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  
  Citation from "I Am the Walrus", American Dad! (TV), Season 6 Episode 13 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 01 2011.

verb - transitive

• to tell a third party that someone is homosexual.

  Yeah, so apparently I was outed by People magazine. Even though I'm not gay.

  • See more words with the same meaning: sexuality (related to).

  Last edited on Apr 20 2011. Submitted by Morgan D. from Seattle, WA, USA on Aug 30 2003.

• to tell a third party that someone has done something inappropriate.

  Gawker outed Michael Brutsch as Violentacrez.

  Last edited on Oct 18 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 18 2012.

• to turn off a source of light. Pennsylvania Dutch.

  Outen the light before going to bed.

  Last edited on Nov 21 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 20 2013.

• an unrestrained bad attitude or chip on (one's) shoulder.

  Her new boyfriend's got some serious outer demons.

  Last edited on Oct 07 2013. Submitted by Dave from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Dec 13 1999.