outing

Plural: outings

Noun

• A short pleasure trip or excursion, often for recreation.
• a journey taken for pleasure
• a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
• A pleasure trip or excursion.
• A performance in public, for example in a drama, film, on a musical album, as a sports contestant etc.
• The act of publicly revealing that a person is homosexual or transgender without that person's consent.
• The act of revealing somebody as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.

Verb

• to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
• reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
• be made known; be disclosed or revealed
• present participle and gerund of out

Examples

• Their Scrabble tournament felt less like an outing and more like a grueling mental marathon.

Synonyms

come out, come out of the closet, excursion, expedition, field day, jaunt, junket, out, picnic, pleasure trip, sashay

Related Words

X-outing