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gives face

gives face is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give face.

Meaning of give face

Verb (1)

give face (third-person singular simple present gives face, present participle giving face, simple past gave face, past participle given face)

  1. (idiomatic) To honor; to pay respect.
    • We gave face to one another.2000, Ko-lin Chin, Chinatown Gangs: Extortion, Enterprise, and Ethnicity, page 200

Verb (2)

give face (third-person singular simple present gives face, present participle giving face, simple past gave face, past participle given face)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To perform cunnilingus.
    • Boys gave face, girls gave head.2011, J. Darroll Hall, The Lollipop Book, page 107

Verb (3)

give face (third-person singular simple present gives face, present participle giving face, simple past gave face, past participle given face)

  1. To confront.
    • He has been shot twice before, once when he was sixteen, that was some serious shit, sort of giving face to some dude, and the mother pulled out a.38 and boom, just like it was but a little more downtalk.1997, Scott Turow, The Laws of Our Fathers

Questions about gives face

What is gives face the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gives face is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give face.

Words near gives face in the dictionary

  1. gives credit
  2. gives curry
  3. gives dap
  4. gives dome
  5. gives ear
  6. gives face
  7. gives forth
  8. gives gray hair to
  9. gives grey hair to
  10. gives ground
  11. gives hat

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