From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Leisureoutingout‧ing /ˈaʊtɪŋ/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる noun1[countable]DL a short trip that a group of people take for pleasurea family/school etc outinga class outing to the balletouting toan outing to the beachon an outingThey had gone on an outing to the pool for Robert’s birthday.2[countable, uncountable]SYHOMOSEXUAL when someone publicly says that someone else is homosexual, when that person does not want anyone to knowExamples from the Corpusouting• Mrs Pollack took her class on an outing to the local museum.• We found other times to take him for a stroll without carving into her bakeryouting.• Wintertreat Planning a pre-Christmas outing for the children?• Neither lawfirmoutings nor public protests and rallies were quite his style, in any case.• Outing: The first outing for the Heighington Over 50/60 club will depart on April 14.• As children, she and her sister Ruth had reckoned the first outing to pickprimroses as the trueherald of spring.• Natalia patted Mephistopheles, who wondered what had so revolutionised his life with so many outings.• a school outing to the ballet• The IceBowl is the perfectvenue for that extra special school outing or end of term trip.• This is like a Sunday-school outing.• a GirlScoutouting in the mountainson an outing• I approach a trip to a book nook with the eagerness of a child on an outing to the toystore.• You can see families on outings alongside the drive below you, looking like ants at their own picnic.• Perhaps you are going on an outing or meeting a friend.• I looked forward to going to work because it felt more like going on an outing.• It contains six small apples and has the sort of handle which makes it easy to carry to school or on outings.• There are also plans to take pupilson outings to Wimbledon and Ascot, and there will be nights at the opera.• They were on an outing from school - a day of activities organised by Scope Southall, an independentcommunity organisation.