hand out en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(transitive) To distribute; to give out, either by hand or as if so (figuratively).
Near-synonyms: give out, pass out, send out
Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King.
2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
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To help (someone) from a vehicle.
‘Lydgate has a lot of ideas […],’ resumed Mr Brooke, after he had handed out Lady Chettam, and had returned to be civil to a group of Middlemarchers.
1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book I, ch. 10:He jumped onto the deck and handed her out of the gondola.
2008, Deborah Weisgall, The World Before Her, page 107:
- (slang) To try to impress (someone) with deceptions.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hands out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| handing out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| handed out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| handed out | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
hand it out · hand-out · handout
Synonyms
give out · pass out · send out
Translations (23)
it distribuire (to distribute) · uk розда́ти (to distribute) · is dreifa (to distribute) · is útbýta (to distribute) · ja 配布する (to distribute) · ru раздава́ть (to distribute) · de verteilen (to distribute) · nb dele ut (to distribute) · tr dağıtmak (to distribute) · sh делити (to distribute) · de austeilen (to distribute) · fr distribuer (to distribute) · ro distribui (to distribute) · cmn 分配 (to distribute) · pl rozdawać (to distribute) · pl rozdać (to distribute) · nb distribuere (to distribute) · uk роздава́ти (to distribute) · ru разда́ть (to distribute) · la distribuō (to distribute) · nb fordele (to distribute) · pt distribuir (to distribute) · ja 配る (to distribute)