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parting gift

parting gift noun: a gift given to someone who is leaving; a leaving present.

Noun

parting gift (plural parting gifts)

  1. A gift given to someone who is leaving; a leaving present.
  2. An offering given, usually as a consolation prize, to a person who is not the ultimate winner of a contest. Often used in a game show for contestants who are not the grand prize winner.
    • Like a game show contestant with a parting gift. I could not believe my eyes. - Blues Traveler, Runaround
  3. A final attack or insult by a departing enemy.
    • In the air, some aircraft are using their loads of small 100-pound bombs and their gun armament to try and disrupt or detonate torpedoes launched by Japanese destroyers and cruisers as parting gifts, with some degree of success.2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 33:34 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022

Forms of parting gift

pluralparting gifts

Questions about parting gift

What does parting gift mean?
Parting gift means a gift given to someone who is leaving; a leaving present.
What part of speech is parting gift?
Parting gift is a noun.
What is the plural of parting gift?
The plural of parting gift is parting gifts.

Words near parting gift in the dictionary

  1. Partin
  2. partin'
  3. parting
  4. parting brass rags
  5. parting company
  6. parting gift
  7. parting gifts
  8. parting of the ways
  9. parting off
  10. parting out
  11. parting phrase

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