outing

3 definitions • 5 examples

a short journey made by a group of people, usually for pleasure or education:

Every year the professor takes her students on an outing to the archives of the Library of Congress.

UK Rosie's going on a class/school outing to the Wildlife Park.

an occasion when it is made public that a famous person is gay when he or she wanted to keep this information private:

There have been several outings of well-known movie stars recently.

a short trip, taken for pleasure or entertainment:

a family outing

an outing to the beach