out

  1. Adverb.  Away from home or one's usual place, or not indoors.
  2. Adverb.  Away from; at a distance.
  3. Adverb.  Away from the inside or the centre.
  4. Adverb.  Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.
  5. Adverb.  Used to intensify or emphasize.
  6. Adverb.  (context, cricket) Of a player, disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).
  7. Preposition.  Away from the inside.
  8. Preposition.  (informal) Away from the center. (rfex) .
  9. Noun.  A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
  10. Noun.  (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
  11. Noun.  (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game such as hit wicket, wherein the bowler has hit the batter's wicket with the ball.
  12. Noun.  (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
  13. Verb.  (transitive) To reveal (a person) to be secretly homosexual.
  14. Verb.  (transitive) To reveal (a person) as having a certain secret.
  15. Adjective.  (obsolete) Of a young lady, having entered society and available to be courted.
  16. Adjective.  (cricket, baseball) Of a batter or batsman, having caused an ''out'' called on himself while batting under various rules of the game.
  17. Adjective.  Openly acknowledging one's homosexuality.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.