outride

[ verb out-rahyd; noun out-rahyd ]

verb (used with object)

, out·rode, out·rid·den, out·rid·ing.

1. to outdo or outstrip in riding.
2. (of a ship) to come safely through (a storm) by lying to.

verb (used without object)

, out·rode, out·rid·den, out·rid·ing.

1. to act as an outrider.

noun

1. Prosody. an unaccented syllable or syllables added to a metrical foot, especially in sprung rhythm.

outride

verb

1. to outdo by riding faster, farther, or better than
2. (of a vessel) to ride out (a storm)

noun

1. rare.
   prosody an extra unstressed syllable within a metrical foot

Word History and Origins

Origin of outride¹

First recorded in 1520–30; out- + ride

Example Sentences

Salvent suggests taking a taillight and headlight, should you outride daylight.

From Washington Post

The team has a partnership with Outride, a nonprofit that aims to get children on bikes through school programs and supports young cyclists who can’t afford travel costs or entrance fees to races around the country.

From New York Times

Horsemen could easily outride Indian sentries before the sentries had time to warn Indian troops behind them, and could ride down and kill Indians on foot.

From Literature

On the one hand, he rode out with the Cheshire hunt, an activity that he guiltily adored, and that he justified to Marx on the grounds that, in John Green’s translation, “we need to be able to outride the Prussian cavalry when we return to Germany”; on the other, he was keeping himself permanently short, siphoning off his income to feed his fellow revolutionaries.

From The Guardian

Lancelot gave her his hand, and she stood up, and got out of the bath, and all the people outride began cheering, as though they knew exactly what was happening.

From Literature