出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/10/05 22:46 UTC 版)
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.
outwick (plural outwicks)
outwick (third-person singular simple present outwicks, present participle outwicking, simple past and past participle outwicked) (originally Scotland, curling, also figurative)