Outa
noun, prep
noun, prep ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An old black man. South-Africa
"As I stood to one side to let him go out, she asked: “Daddy, is he an uncle or an outa?”"
Preposition
- 1 Alternative spelling of outta. alt-of, alternative
"[…] and lo! here’s all humanity hep and weird wandering on the evening sidewalk amazing me outa my eyeballs[…]"
Example
More examples"As I stood to one side to let him go out, she asked: “Daddy, is he an uncle or an outa?”"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Afrikaans outa.
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
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