Associations to the word «Outpoint»

Wiktionary

OUTPOINT, verb. (sports) To score more points than (especially, in boxing, to achieve victory by scoring more points that one's opponent).
OUTPOINT, verb. (nautical) To sail closer to the wind than (another ship).

Dictionary definition

OUTPOINT, verb. Sail closer to the wind than.
OUTPOINT, verb. Score more points than one's opponents.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats