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outen

[out-n]

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verb (used with object) Eastern North Midland and South Atlantic States.

to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).

Origin of outen

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; out + -en¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for outen

Historical Examples of outen

There wan't any way of makin' 'em then but just outen rough logs.
A Little Girl in Old Salem
Amanda Minnie Douglas
"We must get outen heah, an' thet quick," said Fortner decisively.
The Red Acorn
John McElroy
So I pushed him outen the room and went on out down the walk.
The Man Next Door
Emerson Hough
But I did mean ter run him outen the country, 'n' burn his cabin.
Sunlight Patch
Credo Fitch Harris
"I told him what he was an' threw him outen th' street," replied Hopalong.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up
Clarence Edward Mulford

Word Origin and History for outen

v.

"put out," 1916, American English dialectal; see out (adv.) + -en (1). An idiom in Pennsylvania German.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper