outring

[ out-ring ]

verb (used with object),out·rang, out·rung, out·ring·ing.

to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.

verb (used without object),out·rang, out·rung, out·ring·ing.

to ring out: church bells outringing over the countryside.

Origin of outring

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1325–75; Middle English (intransitive); see out-, ring²

Words Nearby outring

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How to use outring in a sentence

Along the station platform each of the fiacre drivers seizes a large dinner-bell and tries to outring the others.
Shandygaff | Christopher Morley

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