Outing

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outing \Out"ing\, n.
     1. The act of going out; an airing; an excursion; as, a
        summer outing.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A feast given by an apprentice when he is out of his time.


        [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outing
       n 1: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the
            shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious
            sashays into the field" [syn: {excursion}, {jaunt}, {junket},
             {pleasure trip}, {expedition}, {sashay}]
       2: a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering [syn: {field
          day}, {picnic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, voyage
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Outing, MN
    Zip code(s): 56662