Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outrock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: out-rock
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To surpass in rocking (thrilling or exciting, especially with rock music).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Love vows to outrock the cooler-than-thou swish kids — and succeeds — chanting "Gabba-gabba baby" and "Shut up!" until there's a puddle of sweat on the floorboards."
"Two songs Merle wrote when he was a teenager manage to outrock anything he'd yet recorded."
"There's always another fame-hungry band ready to outrock you and steal your fans. God knows we've taken enough breaks and cancelled enough shows to leave half our fans pissed off."

Etymology

From out- + rock.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

outrocks (present, singular) outrocking (participle, present) outrocked (participle, past) outrocked (past)

Questions

What does outrock mean?: To surpass in rocking (thrilling or exciting, especially with rock music).
Where does outrock come from?: From out- + rock.

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