outwick
verbUS, UK /aʊtˈwɪk/ · SC /ʌʉtˈwɪk/
Etymology The noun is derived from out- (prefix meaning ‘external to; on the outside of’) + wick (“shot where the played bowl or stone touches a stationary bowl or stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5). The verb is derived from out- + wick (“to strike (a stationary stone) with one’s own stone just enough that the former changes direction”) (etymology 5), and is modelled after the noun.
Ball games, Curling, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Also, Figuratively To play (one's stone) in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.
Ball games, Curling, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Also, Figuratively Of a stone: to move in a way that it hits the outer edge of another stone, causing the latter to move towards the tee.
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