noun a shot which strikes the outer of a target.
2. outer ·v one who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession.
3. outer ·noun the part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye.
4. outer ·adj being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place;
opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world.