Meaning

2 senses
  1. (attributive, not comparable)Free of charge, at no cost.

  2. (attributive, not comparable)Very low.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. It's a dead giveaway.

  2. I bought it at a giveaway price.

    ruЯ купил его по бросовой цене. — odexed

    deIch habe es zu einem Schleuderpreis gekauft. — Tamy

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  3. They participated in a book giveaway contest.

  4. I’d better get these out of sight or they’d be a sure giveaway.

  5. Four or five pens in one's shirt pocket is a dead giveaway for a nerd.

    deVier oder fünf Stifte in der Hemdtasche sind ein todsicheres Zeichen für einen Nerd. — samueldora

Origin

Deverbal from give away.

Deverbal from give away.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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