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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field" [syn: excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay]
2: a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering [syn: field day, outing, picnic]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1821 1. a brief usually outdoor pleasure trip 2. an athletic competition or race; also an appearance therein 3. a usually public presentation or appearance (as in a particular role) <her first outing as a novelist> 4. the public disclosure of the covert homosexuality of a prominent person especially by homosexual activists

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a short holiday away from home, esp. of one day or part of a day; a pleasure-trip, an excursion. 2 any brief journey from home. 3 an appearance in an outdoor match, race, etc. Etymology: OUT v. = put out, go out + -ING(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Outing Out"ing, n. 1. The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a summer outing. 2. A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(outings) 1. An outing is a short enjoyable trip, usually with a group of people, away from your home, school, or place of work. One evening, she made a rare outing to the local discotheque. ...families on a Sunday afternoon outing. N-COUNT 2. In sport, an outing is an occasion when a player competes in a particular contest or competition. Playing against Zebre in England's first outing, he suffered a whiplash injury to his neck. N-COUNT 3. see also out 3

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Excursion, airing.

Moby Thesaurus

campaign, circuit, course, excursion, expedition, grand tour, jaunt, journey, junket, package tour, peregrination, pilgrimage, pleasure trip, progress, ride, round trip, roundabout, rubberneck tour, run, safari, sally, shoot, spin, stalk, tour, trek, trip, turn, voyage