inside out meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

inside out

advalso spelled inside-out

/ˌɪnsaɪdˈaʊt/

Etymology In the sense thoroughly, an asyndetic clipping of inside and out.

With the inside surface turned to be on the outside.

I now realise that I have my shirt on inside out.

Of knowledge Thoroughly; extremely well.

I know IBM Assembler Language inside out.

Of characteristic existence Completely; through and through; to the core.

We're hometown hockey fans inside out.

Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Describes the hitting of a ball that pitched outside of leg stump to the off side of the field.

He hit the ball inside out in an ugly manner, but scored a four.

Synonyms: inside out, outside in, wrong side out
Antonyms: rightways
Derived terms: know inside out
Hypernyms: contrarily

inside-out

adj

Obsolete, Rare Synonym of sidelong.

...with a nudge of the elbow, and an inside-out squint of his eyes...1850 May, The New Monthly Magazine & Humourist, page 111:

With the inner and outer surfaces reversed.

These curious gloves... have two thumbs, so that by an inside-out process they can get another pair of gloves when the palm becomes worn out.1893 May, Temple Bar, page 31:
This force is all that prevents the blades from pointing straight up like an inside-out umbrella.1932 April, Michigan Technic, page 6:

1 more example

Brian Rosenworcel... was wearing gray Crocs and an inside-out T-shirt.2009 September 7, The New Yorker, page 25:

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Tennis Describing cross-court shots made by the unexpected hand, as of a backhand return of a ball struck to the player's forehand.

...cracking an ‘inside-out’ backhand past Rahim on the set point...1977 March 15, The Washington Post, page D5:
Kyrgios hits a thumping inside-out forehand to Raonic's weaker wing, the backhand.2014 July 2, The Daily Telegraph, Sports Sect., p. 6

Synonyms: extroverted
Derived terms: inside-outness