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parting gifts

parting gifts is the plural of parting gift.

Meaning of parting gift

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

Questions about parting gifts

What is parting gifts the plural of?
Parting gifts is the plural of parting gift.

Words near parting gifts in the dictionary

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

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