verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To shout louder or longer than. transitive

   "Ordinarily, sheʼd resort to outshouting the man."

2. 2
   shout louder than wordnet
3. 3
   To gain more attention than. figuratively, transitive

   "This advertising campaign will outshout the competition."

Synonyms

All synonyms

jamoutcryoverpoweroverwhelm

Example

More examples

"Ordinarily, sheʼd resort to outshouting the man."

Etymology

From out- + shout.

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