Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outdraw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: out-draw
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To extract or draw out.

verb

To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.

verb

To attract a larger crowd than.

verb

To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.

Example Sentences

"Well maybe there's a God above, but all I've ever learned from love, was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you."
"Certainly he could outdraw just about anybody, and he knew how to tell a story, seamlessly weaving words and pictures together."

Etymology

From Middle English outdrauen, outdrawen, from Old English ūtdragan, from Proto-Germanic *ūtdraganą. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutdreege, West Frisian útdrage (“to carry out”), Dutch uitdragen (“to carry out”), German austragen (“to deal with; deliver”), Icelandic útdraga (“to extract; draw out”). By surface analysis, out- + draw.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: outdrauen, ūtdragan, *ūtdraganą

Inflected Forms

outdraws (present, singular) outdrawing (participle, present) outdrew (past) outdrawn (participle, past)

Questions

What does outdraw mean?: To extract or draw out.
Where does outdraw come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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