outshouted; outshouting; outshouts

transitive verb

: to shout more loudly than
… the sets of fans on both sides of the border trying to outshout each other in the stands. Mike Harrington

Examples of outshout in a Sentence

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After the race, Ajani and his mother, Mia Williams, tried to outshout each other. Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2023 Four years later, history repeated itself when William Jennings Bryan and William McKinley campaigned in the lobby — at the same time — taking opposite sides of the room (and the issues, no doubt) and tried to outshout one another for the attention of onlookers. Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1661, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of outshout was circa 1661

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“Outshout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outshout. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.

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