Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outcrack

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-crack
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To outbrag; surpass in boasting.

Transitive verb

verb

To surpass in cracking (a joke, a whip, etc.).

Transitive verb

verb

To surpass in cracking (security systems etc.).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Alas, my miserable master, what suds art thou wash'd into; thou art born to be scorn'd of every carted community, and yet he'll outcrack a German when he is drunk, or a Spaniard after he hath eaten a Fumatho, […]"
"As a final touch, each wagoner tied a fine new cracker to his whip to outcrack his comrades as they dashed around the Plaza in a hilarious, triumphal entry."
"I can outcrack her, and on most things outhack her, but she writes better […]"

Etymology

From out- + crack.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: out

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

outcracks (present, singular) outcracking (participle, present) outcracked (participle, past) outcracked (past)

Questions

What does outcrack mean?: To outbrag; surpass in boasting.
Where does outcrack come from?: From out- + crack.

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