outwick

English

Etymology

The noun is derived from out- (prefix meaning ‘external to; on the outside of’) +‎ wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5).[1]

The verb is derived from out- +‎ wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5), and is modelled after the noun.[2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

outwick (plural outwicks)

  1. (originally Scotland, curling) A shot where a player's stone hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.

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Verb

outwick (third-person singular simple present outwicks, present participle outwicking, simple past and past participle outwicked) (originally Scotland, curling, also figurative)

  1. (transitive) To play (one's stone) in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.
  2. (intransitive) Of a stone: to move in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.

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References

  1. ^ Compare “outwick, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.“outwick”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “outwick, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
  3. ^ “outwick, v.”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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