inside-out, adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: inside out at inside n. 4
Etymology: < inside out at inside n. 4.
†1. Apparently: oblique, sidelong. Obs. nonce-use.
1850 New Monthly Mag. May 111
With a nudge of the elbow, and an inside-out squint of his eyes.
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2. Having the inner surface turned outwards; inverted, reversed. Also fig.In quot. 1893: designating a process in which the inner surface is turned outwards.
1893 Temple Bar May 31
These curious gloves..have two thumbs, so that by an inside-out process they can get another pair of gloves when the palm becomes worn out.
1932 Michigan Technic Apr. 6/2
This force is all that prevents the blades from pointing straight up like an inside-out umbrella.
1971 Chicago Daily Defender 24 June 24/3
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Burger in the round, an inside-out version of stuffed green pepper.
1993 B. L. Finlay & B. Miller in A. M. Galaburda Dyslexia & Developm. i. 1
The cortex is said to develop in an ‘inside-out’ sequence.
2009 New Yorker 7 Sept. 25/1
Brian Rosenworcel..was wearing gray Crocs and an inside-out T-shirt.
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3. Tennis. Designating a cross-court forehand shot played on a ball struck to the player's backhand (or vice versa), which is set up by the player running across the trajectory of the ball.
1977 Washington Post 15 Mar. d5/1
Cracking an ‘inside-out’ backhand past Rahim on the set point.
1996 Pioneer Press
(St. Paul, Minnesota)
(Nexis)
27 Oct. 10 c
A scorching inside-out shot into the corner.
2014 Daily Tel. 2 July (Sport section) 6/3
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Kyrgios hits a thumping inside-out forehand to Raonic's weaker wing, the backhand.
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