outstatistic

English

Alternative forms

out-statistic

Etymology

out- +‎ statistic

Verb

outstatistic (third-person singular simple present outstatistics, present participle outstatisticking, simple past and past participle outstatisticked)

1. (transitive) To look better, or more impressive, when described using statistics.
   • 1949, S. Dan Brodie, 66 Years on the California Gridiron, 1882-1948, page 303:

     Although badly “outstatistic-ed,” the Grizzlies looked a very respectable football team.

   • 1960, Earl H. Blaik, You Have to Pay the Price, page 152:

     We outstatisticked the Crusaders but could not capitalize on scoring chances.

   • 1961 May, E.B.M., “Chicago Boat Show Draws 361,721; Reveals Outboard Companies in New Roles”, in MotorBoating, volume 107, number 5, page 181:

     Numerically, fiberglass boats outstatisticked wood and aluminum, but the wood institute which had a large exhibit extolling the virtues of wood as buiding material, eagerly pinted to the fact that when one got over 16 feet in length, wood was predominant.

   • 1988, Bill Gutman, The Pictorial History of Basketball, page 175:

     Though the Big Dipper was, in the minds of some, already falling under the shadow of Bill Russell as a team player and a winner (Chamberlain would usually “outstatistic” Russell in their head to head meetings, but Boston would generally win the game) he was also proving the most awesome offensive force the game had ever seen.

2. To use statistics to win an argument.
   • 1965, Highway Research Record, number 69, page 12:

     We need someone who can outstatistic the highway department experts.

   • 1982, Peter R. Shergold, Working-Class Life, page 11:

     […] the politicians' strategy was to outstatistic the enemy, to defeat him in a numerical war of attrition.

3. To know or give more statistics about a specified topic.
   • 1987, Working Woman - Volume 12, Issues 7-12, page 86:

     But recently I discovered that two longtime associates are avid Mets fans who can outstatistic me.

   • 1989, British Book News, page 627:

     The aim is not to 'outstatistic' previous books on gladioli, nor to create or enter into any controversy about the taxonomy and nomenclature  of the 200 or so gladioli species, but rather to pass on the authors' enthusiasm for 'the friendship flower'.