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giving vent to

giving vent to is the present participle and gerund of give vent to.

Meaning of give vent to

Verb

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

  1. To utter; to produce (a sound).
    • […]the news I had just received, struck me as the wildest, most ridiculous incongruity I had ever heard of or imagined,—and I gave vent to a shout of laughter.1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published...
    Synonyms:
    explode
  2. To express (an emotion, opinion, etc.).
    • Be calm! I entreat you to hear me before you give vent to your hatred on my devoted head.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume II, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding...
    Synonyms:
    unload

Questions about giving vent to

What is giving vent to the present participle and gerund of?
Giving vent to is the present participle and gerund of give vent to.

Words near giving vent to in the dictionary

  1. giving two fucks
  2. giving two squirts
  3. giving two squirts of piss
  4. giving up
  5. giving up the ghost
  6. giving vent to
  7. giving voice
  8. giving way
  9. giving weight
  10. giving what for
  11. giving with one hand and taking away with the other

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