1 n-count An outing is a short enjoyable trip, usually with a group of people, away from your home, school, or place of work.
One evening, she made a rare outing to the local discotheque., ...families on a Sunday afternoon outing.
2 n-count In sport, an outing is an occasion when a player competes in a particular contest or competition.
Playing against Zebre in England's first outing, he suffered a whiplash injury to his neck.