outhunt

verb

out·​hunt ˌau̇t-ˈhənt 

outhunted; outhunting; outhunts

transitive verb

: to outdo or surpass in hunting : to hunt more successfully than

Modern humans arrived in Europe about 32,000 years ago, about 4,000 years before the Neanderthal disappeared. Some experts have suggested that the more primitive and smaller-brained Neanderthal was simply overwhelmed and outhunted by his sophisticated, big-brained cousin.

—Paul Recer

Word History

First Known Use

1605, in the meaning defined above