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OUT AND OUT

Definition: OUT AND OUT

OUT AND OUT

1. (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 .]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Specialty Definition: OUT AND OUT

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Literature

Out and Out Incomparably, by far, or beyond measure; as, "He was out and out the best man." "It is an out-and-outer" means nothing can exceed it. It is the word utter, the Anglo-Saxon útaerre. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Synonyms within Context: OUT AND OUT

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Completeness

Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: OUT AND OUT

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Movie/TV Titles

Out and Out Rout (1966)

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Expression: OUT AND OUT

Expression using "OUT AND OUT": all out and out. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: OUT AND OUT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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Modern Translation: OUT AND OUT

Language Translations for "OUT AND OUT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

plotësisht (absolutely, all, at large, clear, cold, completely, dead, diametrically, entirely, fully, heartily, hollow, large, neck and crop, outright, perfectly, plain, plenty, Plumb, properly, quite, sheer, sound, stark, thoroughly, through and through, throughly, to the full extent, to the ground, totally, up, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly, wide, widely), pa dyshim (admittedly, by all means, certainly, decidedly, definitely, distinctly, doubtless, ex cathedra, far and away, implicitly, quite so, sure enough, sure thing, surely, undoubtedly, unhesitatingly, without a doubt, without fail), në mënyrë të plotë, krejt (absolutely, altogether, at all, clean, complete, diametrically, fast, flat, plenty, quite, thorough-paced, up, very), kokë e këmbë (cap-a-pie, head over heels), i plotë (all out, big, broad, clear, close, complete, comprehensive, crowded, dead, direct, dyed in the wool, entire, flush, fraught, full, gross, integral, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plummy, pregnant, radical, round, sheer, solid, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unabbreviated, uncut, unquestioning, utter, whole), fund e krye. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كامل (absolute, all out, complete, completed, concluded, consummate, entire, essential, finalized, finished, full, full blown, full scale, integral, integrate, outright, perfect, plenary, plumb, rounded off, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unqualified, utter, whole), ‏ساحق (cracking, crusher, crushing, great, landslide, massive, overpowering, overwhelming, rank, reducible, shattering, sweeping, swinging), ‏صلب (adamant, aguish, callosity, callous, cast iron, concrete, consolidate, corneous, cross oneself, crucifixion, crucify, cruel, firm, harden, horny, inflexible, loin, metallic, persistent, ramrod, resistant, rigid, robust, sear, solid, solidary, stabile, stark, stiff, stiffen, stubborn, temper, tenacious, tough, unkind, unyielding). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съвършено (absolutely, completely, ideally, perfectly, quite, stark, to perfection, utterly), съвършен (consummate, finished, full, ideal, indefectible, masterly, outright, perfect, right-down, spheral, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, transcendent, unexceptionable, very), стопроцентов (positive, regular), окончателно (completely, finally, for good, fully, outright), напълно (absolutely, all, altogether, amply, clean, completely, dead, entirely, every bit, fairly, fully, hollow, intimately, largely, outright, perfectly, quite, richly, sheer, spang, stark, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughly, to the full, to the letter, to the wide, totally, utterly, well, whole-hog, wholly, wide, without reserve), пълен (absolute, alive, all out, ample, beefy, clear, compendious, complete, corpulent, dead, entire, exhaustive, explicit, fat, fleshy, fraught, full, grand, implicit, intact, integral, integrate, lousy, murky, outright, overall, overblown, perfect, plenary, portly, profound, pursy, radical, rank, replenished, replete, riddle, right, round, sheer, stark, stout, substantial, teetotal, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabbreviated, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, utter, vast, very, well fed, whole, whole-footed, whole-hog). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

百分之百 (a hundred percent, absolutely). (various references)

   

Czech

  

skrz naskrz (throughout). (various references)

   

French

  

total (outright), complet (outfit, outright), écrasant, tout crin. (various references)

   

German

  

vollkommen (absolute, absolutely, altogether, complete, completely, consummate, ideal, integral, outright, perfect, perfectly, plenarily, profound, quintessential, thorough, thoroughly, totally, unflawed, unmitigated, utter), völlig (absolutely, altogether, arrant, complete, completely, consummately, dead, downright, entirely, full, fully, outright, perfect, perfectly, plain, profound, quite, sheer, thorough, through, total, totally, uncompromisingly, utterly, wanton, wholly, widely), total (dead, entire, integral, outright, overall, radical, thoroughly, total, totalitarian, totally, unmitigated, utter, utterly, whole), hundertprozentig (hundred per cent, pure, uncompromising, uncompromisingly), erz- (metropolitan, unmitigated), ausgemacht (absolute, agreed, complete, egregious, outright, perfect, utter). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל'מרי (altogether, clean, completely, downright, entirely, fully, neck and crop, over, quite, right, thoroughly, to the wide, totally, up to the hilt, utterly, wholly), כליל (complete, completely, downright, entirely, over, passim, quite, stark, stiff, thoroughly, total, totally, utter, utterly, whole), 'מור (absolute, complete, completion, concluded, conclusion, end, ended, entire, finish, finished, finishing, outright, perfect, sheer, stark, termination, thorough, thoroughgoing, through, total, utter, very). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kimondott (out-and-out, pronounced), leghatározottabban (first last and all the time), leghatározottabb (out-and-out), kimondottan (specifically). (various references)

   

Italian

  

vero e proprio (proper, rank), completo (absolute, all, all out, all round, arrant, blank, clear, complete, dead, entire, full, full up, implicit, inclusive, integral, intimate, outfit, outright, overall, perfect, round, set, sound, stark, suit, thorough, total, totally, unabridged, utter, whole). (various references)

   

Manx

  

ooilley as ass (all and all), ass as ass, ass (ex, hailing from, out of, out of him). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

outay anday outay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

perfect (a1, absolute, accomplished, all right, blameless, classic, consummate, faultless, flawless, good enough, okay, perfect, perfectly, pure, quite so, right-down, ripe, that's fine, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughpaced, tiptop, total, unimpeachable), desãvârşit (absolute, accomplished, blank, complete, consummate, faultless, finished, full-fledged, perfect, perfectly, pure, right-down, stark, thorough, thoroughpaced), cu totul (all, all in all, downright, entirely, every bit, merely, most, outright, perfectly, plenty, quite, right, thoroughly, to the full, up to the nines, utterly, wholly), convins (confident, confirmed, convinced, earnest, persuaded, positive), în întregime (all, all in all, bodily, clear, completely, entirely, hard, in full, long, wholly). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

несомненно (and no mistake, assuredly, by long odds, certain, certainly, clearly, decidedly, definitely, doubtless, evidently, for fair, forsooth, no doubt, surely, there is no question that, undoubtedly, without doubt). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

okoreo (addicted, arrant, chronic, confirmed, double-dyed, dyed in the wool, impenitent, ingrain, ingrained, inveterate, obdurate, thorough). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

redomado (arrant), firme (adamant, ballast bed, bed, decisive, fast, firm, foursquare, hard, persistent, positive, road, roadbed, secure, set, solid, sound, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong, sure, surface, unmoved, unswerving, unwavering), de tomo y lomo, consumado (accomplished, consumated, consummate, finished, perfect, rightdown, spent), cien por cien (a hundred per cent, all over, stalwart), acérrimo (all out, die hard, hot, stalwart, very strong). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tvättäkta (authentic, genuine, out-and-out, true, washable, washproof, wasshable), total (aggregate, entire, full scale, global, integral, out-and-out, outright, overall, pure, rank, stark, total, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, wholehearted), riktig (apposite, appropriate, correct, fair, just, perfect, plentiful, positive, proper, pucka, pukka, right, righteous, sound, thorough, true), komplett (absolute, absolutely, complete, congenital, integral, self contained), inpiskad, grundlig (close, exhaustive, in depth, out-and-out, profound, radical, searching, sound, thorough, thoroughgoing), genuin (genuine, honest, kosher), fullständig (absolute, all out, all-out, clean, complete, congenital, dead, entire, exhaustive, full, full scale, outright, perfect, plenary, rank, stark, teetotal, total, unmitigated). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tamamen (absolutely, all, altogether, at large, bang, bang on, chock, clean, clear, completely, dead, definitely, downright, entirely, exactly, fair, fully, heart and soul, hollow, holo-, hopelessly, in the highest degree, in toto, neck and crop, off, outright, perfectly, plenty, precious, properly, quite, richly, roundly, sheer, simply, staring, stark, thoroughly, thro, through, through and through, thru, thru and thru, up to the hilt, utterly, well, whole, wholly, wide), tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, stark, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), su katılmadık (prize, quite, through and through, thru and thru, trueborn, utter), son derece (all-fired, almighty, arrant, awfully, beyond measure, cruelly, damn, damned, darned, deadly, deeply, desperately, dire, direful, exceedingly, exceptionally, extreme, extremely, extremity, highly, immensely, in the extreme, in the highest degree, infinitely, intense, intensely, jolly, last, rattling, revoltingly, sadly, strongly, sublime, terribly, thundering, to the nth degree, to the utmost, unco, utmost, uttermost, veriest, with a vengeance), başlıbaşına (individual), bütün (aggregate, all, all out, all over the, altogether, at all, clear, complement, complete, continuum, entire, entirely, every, everything, gross, holo-, integral, omni-, one and only, overall, pan-, quite, round, sheer, solid, the total, the whole, total, totality, unbroken, undivided, utter, whole, wholly). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

цілковитий (absolute, abysmal, all out, crass, dense, exquisite, orbicular, outright, pure, right-down, teetotal), запеклий (cutthroat, hard-fought, stiff, stubborn), лютий (angry, diabolic, diabolical, fell, ferocious, fierce, rampant, savage, truculent, wicked), повний (absolute, all out, big, broad, chock-a-block, complete, crass, definitive, entire, fatty, flush, full, integral, orbicular, outright, overall, overblown, perfect, plenary, profound, pudgy, pure, rotund, round, total, utter, whole), переконаний (certain, confirmed, convinced, earnest, satisfied). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: OUT AND OUT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-n-o-o-t-t-u-u"

-4 letters: datto, daunt, donut, outdo, tanto, taunt, tondo.

-5 letters: aunt, auto, dato, daut, doat, dona, dunt, nota, onto, otto, taut, toad, toon, toot, tout, tuna, tutu, unau, undo, unto.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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