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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
out-and-out \out-and-out\, out and out \out and out\adv.
Completely; wholly; openly.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
out-and-out \out-and-out\, out and out \out and out\adj.
Without any reservation or disguise; downright; plain;
unqualified; absolute; as, an out and out villain; an
out-and-out lie.
Syn: flat-out, outright.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Out \Out\, adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te,
[=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG.
[=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud.
[root]198. Cf. About, But, prep., Carouse, Utter, a.]
In its original and strict sense, out means from the interior
of something; beyond the limits or boundary of somethings; in
a position or relation which is exterior to something; --
opposed to in or into. The something may be expressed
after of, from, etc. (see Out of, below); or, if not
expressed, it is implied; as, he is out; or, he is out of the
house, office, business, etc.; he came out; or, he came out
from the ship, meeting, sect, party, etc. Out is used in a
variety of applications, as:
1. Away; abroad; off; from home, or from a certain, or a
usual, place; not in; not in a particular, or a usual,
place; as, the proprietor is out, his team was taken out.
``My shoulder blade is out.'' --Shak.
He hath been out (of the country) nine years.
--Shak.
2. Beyond the limits of concealment, confinement, privacy,
constraint, etc., actual of figurative; hence, not in
concealment, constraint, etc., in, or into, a state of
freedom, openness, disclosure, publicity, etc.; as, the
sun shines out; he laughed out, to be out at the elbows;
the secret has leaked out, or is out; the disease broke
out on his face; the book is out.
Leaves are out and perfect in a month. --Bacon.
She has not been out [in general society] very long.
--H. James.
3. Beyond the limit of existence, continuance, or supply; to
the end; completely; hence, in, or into, a condition of
extinction, exhaustion, completion; as, the fuel, or the
fire, has burned out. ``Hear me out.'' --Dryden.
Deceitiful men shall not live out half their days.
--Ps. iv. 23.
When the butt is out, we will drink water. --Shak.
4. Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or
into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of
office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the
Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money
out at interest. ``Land that is out at rack rent.''
--Locke. ``He was out fifty pounds.'' --Bp. Fell.
I have forgot my part, and I am out. --Shak.
5. Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct,
proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or
incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement,
opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation. ``Lancelot
and I are out.'' --Shak.
Wicked men are strangely out in the calculating of
their own interest. --South.
Very seldom out, in these his guesses. --Addison.
6. Not in the position to score in playing a game; not in the
state or turn of the play for counting or gaining scores.
Note: Out is largely used in composition as a prefix, with
the same significations that it has as a separate word;
as outbound, outbreak, outbuilding, outcome, outdo,
outdoor, outfield. See also the first Note under
Over, adv.
Day in, day out, from the beginning to the limit of each of
several days; day by day; every day.
Out and out.
(a) adv. Completely; wholly; openly.
(b) adj. Without any reservation or disguise; absolute;
as, an out and out villain. [As an adj. written also
out-and-out.]
Out at, Out in, Out on, etc., elliptical phrases, that
to which out refers as a source, origin, etc., being
omitted; as, out (of the house and) at the barn; out (of
the house, road, fields, etc., and) in the woods.
Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Out
into the west, as the sun went down. --C. Kingsley.
Note: In these lines after out may be understood, ``of the
harbor,'' ``from the shore,'' ``of sight,'' or some
similar phrase. The complete construction is seen in
the saying: ``Out of the frying pan into the fire.''
Out from, a construction similar to out of (below). See
Of and From.
Out of, a phrase which may be considered either as composed
of an adverb and a preposition, each having its
appropriate office in the sentence, or as a compound
preposition. Considered as a preposition, it denotes, with
verbs of movement or action, from the interior of; beyond
the limit: from; hence, origin, source, motive, departure,
separation, loss, etc.; -- opposed to in or into; also
with verbs of being, the state of being derived, removed,
or separated from. Examples may be found in the phrases
below, and also under Vocabulary words; as, out of breath;
out of countenance.
Out of cess, beyond measure, excessively. --Shak.
Out of character, unbecoming; improper.
Out of conceit with, not pleased with. See under Conceit.
Out of date, not timely; unfashionable; antiquated.
Out of door, Out of doors, beyond the doors; from the
house; in, or into, the open air; hence, figuratively,
shut out; dismissed. See under Door, also,
Out-of-door, Outdoor, Outdoors, in the Vocabulary.
``He 's quality, and the question's out of door,''
--Dryden.
Out of favor, disliked; under displeasure.
Out of frame, not in correct order or condition; irregular;
disarranged. --Latimer.
Out of hand, immediately; without delay or preparation.
``Ananias . . . fell down and died out of hand.''
--Latimer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
out-and-out
adj : complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes
used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom";
"an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out
mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many
right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer
persistence"; "sheer stupidity" [syn: absolute, downright,
out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
out-and-out
a.
1 complete, utter.
2 (lb en animal husbandry) thoroughly cross-breed; a breeding
strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to
maintain a mongrel flock.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
out-and-out
a.
1 complete, utter.
2 (lb en animal husbandry) thoroughly cross-breed; a breeding
strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to
maintain a mongrel flock.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
out-and-out
a.
1 complete, utter.
2 (lb en animal husbandry) thoroughly cross-breed; a breeding
strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to
maintain a mongrel flock.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
out-and-out
a.
1 complete, utter.
2 (lb en animal husbandry) thoroughly cross-breed; a breeding
strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to
maintain a mongrel flock.
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
out-and-out /ˈaʊt and ˈaʊt/
пълен, стопроцентов
complete
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
out-and-out /ˈaʊtandˈaʊt/
skrz naskrz
From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]
out-and-out /ˈaʊtandˈaʊt/
rhonc
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
out-and-out /ˈaʊt and ˈaʊt/
ausgemacht, einzig, völlig, Erz…
"an out-and-out lie" - eine unverschämte Lüge
"He's an out-and-out rogue." - Er ist ein ausgemachter Schurke.
"Stoddard was an out-and-out racist." - Stoddard war ein Erzrassist., Stoddard war durch und durch Rassist.
"The project was an out-and-out disaster." - Das Projekt war ein einziges Desaster.
"What she's saying is an out-and-out lie." - Was sie da sagt, ist von A bis Z gelogen.
"He was an out-and-out student." - Er war durch und durch Student.
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
out-and-out /ˈaʊtandˈaʊt/
1. गयागुज़रा
"Charles Shobharaj is an out-and-out crook."
2. पूर्णतः
"The function was an out-and-out success."
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
out-and-out /ˈaʊtandˈaʊt/
1. leghatározottabb
2. teljes
3. javíthatatlan
4. hétpróbás
5. kötnivaló
6. megrögzött
7. kimondott
From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
out-and-out /ˌaʊtənˈaʊt/
kompletny, zupełny
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "out-and-out":
absolute, admitting no exception, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
all-out, all-pervading, arrant, born, broad-based, categorical,
classical, clean, clear, complete, comprehensive, conclusive,
congenital, consummate, crass, decided, decisive, deep-dyed,
definite, definitive, determinate, downright, dyed-in-the-wool,
egregious, entire, exhaustive, explicit, express, final, fixed,
flagrant, flat, flat-out, glaring, global, gross, implicit,
inappealable, indisputable, intensive, intolerable, omnibus,
omnipresent, outright, peremptory, perfect, pervasive, plain,
plumb, positive, precious, profound, pronounced, proper, pure,
radical, rank, regular, round, shattering, sheer, shocking, stark,
stark-staring, straight, straight-out, superlative, surpassing,
sweeping, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing,
through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unbearable,
uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconscionable,
undeniable, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating,
universal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified,
unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled,
unwaivable, utter, veritable, whole, wholesale, without exception,
without reserve
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
out-and-out
a. 十足的,彻头彻尾的
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