Word Study
outing
CIDE DICTIONARY
outing, n.
- The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a summer outing. [1913 Webster]
- A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
outing, n.
1 a short holiday away from home, esp. of one day or part of a day; a pleasure-trip, an excursion.
2 any brief journey from home.
3 an appearance in an outdoor match, race, etc.
1 a short holiday away from home, esp. of one day or part of a day; a pleasure-trip, an excursion.
2 any brief journey from home.
3 an appearance in an outdoor match, race, etc.
Etymology
OUT v. = put out, go out + -ING(1)
THESAURUS
outing
campaign, circuit, course, excursion, expedition, grand tour, jaunt, journey, junket, package tour, peregrination, pilgrimage, pleasure trip, progress, ride, round trip, roundabout, rubberneck tour, run, safari, sally, shoot, spin, stalk, tour, trek, trip, turn, voyageROGET THESAURUS
outing
Journey
N journey, travel, traveling, wayfaring, campaigning, journey, excursion, expedition, tour, trip, grand tour, circuit, peregrination, discursion, ramble, pilgrimage, hajj, trek, course, ambulation, march, walk, promenade, constitutional, stroll, saunter, tramp, jog trot, turn, stalk, perambulation, noctambulation, noctambulism, somnambulism, outing, ride, drive, airing, jaunt, equitation, horsemanship, riding, manege, ride and tie, basophobia, roving, vagrancy, pererration, marching and countermarching, nomadism, vagabondism, vagabondage, hoboism, gadding, flit, flitting, migration, emigration, immigration, demigration, intermigration, wanderlust, plan, itinerary, guide, handbook, guidebook, road book, Baedeker, Bradshaw, Murray, map, road map, transportation guide, subway map, procession, cavalcade, caravan, file, cortege, column, vehicle, automobile, train, bus, airplane, plane, autobus, omnibus, subway, motorbike, dirt bike, off-road vehicle, van, minivan, motor scooter, trolley, locomotive, legs, feet, pegs, pins, trotters, traveler, depot, railway station, station, traveling, ambulatory, itinerant, peripatetic, roving, rambling, gadding, discursive, vagrant, migratory, monadic, circumforanean, circumforaneous, noctivagrant, mundivagrant, locomotive, wayfaring, wayworn, travel-stained, on foot, on horseback, on Shanks's mare, by the Marrowbone stage: in transitu, en route, Int, come along!.For further exploring for "outing" in Webster Dictionary Online