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outfoot

[ out-foot ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to surpass (another person) in running, walking, etc.; outstrip.
  2. to outsail; excel (another boat) in speed.


outfoot

/ ˌaʊtˈfʊt /

verb

  1. (of a boat) to go faster than (another boat)
  2. to surpass in running, dancing, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of outfoot1

First recorded in 1730–40; out- + foot
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Example Sentences

Their pluck may not be doubted; and who that has seen them, agile and unwearied in the German or the valse � deux temps, could question their ability to outfoot the fleetest bull that Andalusia itself could supply?

Outfoot, owt-fōōt′, v.i. to outsail.

I could catch occasional glimpses of the wolf far in advance, as he scurried through the sagebrush, showing little power of strategy, but a determined obstinacy to outfoot his relentless foes.

It kan outfoot enny other noize.

A person's wits will outfoot his judgment sometimes.

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