give out

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
  2. (transitive) To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
  3. (transitive) To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth.
  4. (transitive) To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth.
  5. (transitive) To issue; to distribute.
  6. (intransitive) To cease functioning in some way.
  7. (intransitive) To cease functioning in some way.
  8. (intransitive, usually) To cease functioning in some way.
  9. (intransitive) To cease functioning in some way.
  10. (Ireland, UK, idiomatic, intransitive) To complain, sulk, chastise.
  11. (intransitive, slang) To pretend or act as if something is true.
  12. (intransitive, slang) To express oneself intensely emotionally, either by talking or in a musical performance.

Etymology

In summary

Cognate with German ausgeben (“spend, pay, output”).

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