Xout (third-person singular simple presentXes outorXs out,present participleXing out,simple past and past participleXed out)
- (transitive) Tocross out with a series of the letterX, or withscribbles or lines.
1997, Don Herron,Willeford, page415:On a close to final copy the titleThe Way We Die Now hasNowXed out and replaced withToday. ThenToday isXed out andNow is returned to its place.
- (computing, informal) Toclose awindow (typically by clicking a button marked with an X symbol).
When you have selected your desired settings,X out of the window and return to the document.
2016, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Kate Wetherhead,Jack and Louisa - Act 1, page108:“There Are Giants in the Sky!” blasted from my computer, causing me to jump in my seat. I began fake coughing and scrambling tox out of the window just as Ms. Stark peeked up from her wire nest.
