outlick

English

Etymology

out- +‎ lick

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.
   • 1956, Arnold Gessel, Youth: the years from ten to sixteen:

     Things liked in girls are "a good personality," "manners," or, "she's quite special for a girl. She's a tomboy and quite interesting. Good mind. Pretty. At some things she can outlick any boy in school— skiing, for instance.

2. (transitive) to lick better than.
   • December 7 2006, Lewis Smith, Irish Independent, New-found species of exotic bat outlicks all rivals[1]

Anagrams

• lick out