outing
noun
[ ˈaʊtɪŋ ]
• a trip taken for pleasure, especially one lasting a day or less.
• "a family outing to Weston-super-Mare"
Similar:
trip,
excursion,
jaunt,
expedition,
pleasure trip,
day trip,
day out,
tour,
mystery tour,
airing,
drive,
ride,
run,
turn,
cruise,
sally,
junket,
spin,
tootle,
joyride,
tool,
hurl,
• the practice of revealing the homosexuality of a prominent person.
• "LGBT organizations strongly condemn the outing of a transgender person before they are ready to tell their own story"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘the action of going out or of expelling’): from the verb out + -ing1.
out
verb
• reveal the sexual or gender identity of (a person).
• expel, reject, or dismiss.
• "they had outed Asquith quite easily"
• extinguish.
• "out the lamp when you're ready"
• become known; emerge.
• "the truth will out"
Origin:
Old English ūt (adverb), ūtian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch uit and German aus .
