outdraw
Verb
Verb Forms: outdrew, outdrawn, outdrawing, outdraws
- To attract a larger audience or garner more attention than someone.
- draw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight
- To extract or draw out.
- To remove a gun from its holster, and fire it, faster than another.
- To attract a larger crowd than.
- To draw better than; to surpass in creating drawn artworks.
Examples
- His triple-triple play was so spectacular it threatened to outdraw the actual tournament prize ceremony.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English outdrauen, outdrawen, from Old English ūtdragan, from Proto-Germanic *ūtdraganą, equivalent to out- + draw. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutdreege, West Frisian útdrage (“to carry out”), Dutch uitdragen (“to carry out”), German austragen (“to deal with; deliver”), Icelandic útdraga (“to extract; draw out”).
Scrabble Score: 11
outdraw: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordoutdraw: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
outdraw: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
outdraw: valid Words With Friends Word