outslickv.
/ˌaʊtˈslɪk/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈslɪk/ Chiefly U.S. (esp. in African-American usage).
transitive. To outsmart (a person); to show oneself to be cleverer or craftier than.
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1932 E. S. Gardner Honest Money in Black Mask Nov. 71/1 ‘Then they arrested you both?’.. ‘Well, we sort of outslicked 'em.’
1941 Pittsburgh Courier 24 May 11 To outslick, out-figure, and outsmart the rest of the gambling playboys.
1976 in D. Wepman et al. Life 104 Now the young whores is trying to outslick me.
1990 R. Blount First Hubby 71 Milam outslicked the locals in the courts (where they were most content to be outslicked).
1998 Boxing Monthly June 26/3 The solid, fundamental skills, size and power of the sculpted Johnson might have contained Jones. But the speedy Willie Pastrano was able to outslick Johnson over 15 rounds.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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