Outcrack
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To outbrag; surpass in boasting. transitive
"Alas, my miserable master, what suds art thou wash'd into; thou art born to be scorn'd of every carted community, and yet he'll outcrack a German when he is drunk, or a Spaniard after he hath eaten a Fumatho, […]"
- 2 To surpass in cracking (a joke, a whip, etc.). transitive
"As a final touch, each wagoner tied a fine new cracker to his whip to outcrack his comrades as they dashed around the Plaza in a hilarious, triumphal entry."
- 3 To surpass in cracking (security systems etc.). transitive
"I can outcrack her, and on most things outhack her, but she writes better […]"
Example
More examples"Alas, my miserable master, what suds art thou wash'd into; thou art born to be scorn'd of every carted community, and yet he'll outcrack a German when he is drunk, or a Spaniard after he hath eaten a Fumatho, […]"
Etymology
From out- + crack.
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