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outgribe 

v. to make a sound between a deep bellow, a whistle, and a sneeze.

verb forms: outgribe (present tense), outgribing (present participle), outgrabe (past tense), outgribben (past participle)
1. I always outgribe when a bug flies into my mouth.

2. Sometimes the seals are out outgribing on the beach.

3. Once my sister outgrabe when she stepped on a thistle.

4. I have never outgribben before. Have you?
outgribe by tangles10 April 25, 2010
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outgrabe 

1. something between bellowing and whistling with a kind of sneeze in the middle
1. "...and the mome raths outgrabe." (Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Found There")
2. The kid behind me started outgrabing.
outgrabe by zeekage October 26, 2003
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outgrabe 

v. the past tense of outgribe, a word coined by Lewis Carroll.
Last Thanksgiving I sat next to my aunt during dinner, and she outgrabe all over me for the whole meal.
outgrabe by tangles10 April 28, 2010

outgrabe 

most likly past tense of a verb, outgribe (strictly verbally speaking, the only available example is awkward (as opposed to say 'the mome raths were outgribing'), but the poet selected this marked form for rhythmic purposes)
correcting ex. 2 above:
The kid behind me started outgribing. When he had outgriben to his snout's content...
outgrabe by wurdnurd March 7, 2005