outtalkEtymologyFrom out- + talk.verbTo overpower, outdo, or surpass in talking.“McAuliffe was no less gregarious toward his rivals, who were also making the rounds — Moran, a former state delegate, and State Senator R. Creigh Deeds — even as he outtalked, out-handshook, outspent, outhustled, outshouted and just plain outcampaigned them across Richmond.”To outwit by talking.