outsmile

English

Etymology

From out- +‎ smile.

Verb

outsmile (third-person singular simple present outsmiles, present participle outsmiling, simple past and past participle outsmiled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in smiling.
    • 2003, Rosalind Allchin, The Frog Princess, page 12:
      Down in the courtyard the crowd cheered and waved back. Frog, beside herself with excitement, outsmiled and outwaved them all.
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