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put out

put out is the misspelling of putout.

Verb

put out (third-person singular simple present puts out, present participle putting out, simple past and past participle put out)

  1. (transitive) To blind (eyes).
    • You can't have a pair of scissors! You'll put your eye out!
  2. (transitive) To place outside, to remove, particularly
    • Don’t forget to put out the dog.
    1. (transitive) To expel.
      • ‘These guys,’ said Tom, ‘the ones who put out this magazine at Radley. What happened to them?’ […]
      • ‘Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves. “Booted out” I believe is the technical phrase.’1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 19
    2. (transitive) To remove from office.
  3. (transitive) To cause someone to be out of sorts; to annoy, impose, inconvenience, or disturb.
    • I don't mean to put you out. It's just vital that I get this done tonight.
    • “Then you didn't find her so amusing as Tom does?”
      “I found her pert. There's no other word for it. She says things to puzzle you and put you out.”1885, William Dean Howells, chapter XII, in The Rise of Silas Lapham
  4. (transitive) To knock out: to eliminate from a competition.
    • England stumbled into the World Cup quarter-finals and almost certainly put Scotland out after an error-ridden victory at Eden Park.2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport
  5. (transitive) To cause a player on offense to be out.
  6. (transitive) Synonym of knock out: to render unconscious.
    Synonyms:
    knock out
  7. (intransitive) To go out, to head out; (especially) to set sail.
    • Along about Tuesday Uncle Cal put out for San Antone on the last wagonload of wool.c. 1900, O. Henry, The Missing Chord
  8. (transitive) To produce, to emit.
    • The factory puts out 4000 units each day.
    • This unit puts out 4000 BTUs.
    Synonyms:
    give off, send out
  9. (obsolete, transitive) To express.
  10. (transitive) To broadcast, to publish.
    • ‘These guys,’ said Tom, ‘the ones who put out this magazine at Radley. What happened to them?’ […]
    • ‘Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves. “Booted out” I believe is the technical phrase.’1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 19
  11. (transitive) To dislocate (a joint).
    • Lift with your knees. Don’t put out your back.
  12. (transitive) To extinguish (fire).
    • They worked for days to put out the brushfire.
    • She put out her cigarette.
    Synonyms:
    douse, extinct
  13. (transitive) To turn off (light).
    • 'You talk funny,' I said to him. 'I mean, the other wardens say, "Put that light out", but you shout, "Put out the light".'
      'Shakespeare,' the warden said in a deep voice.2010, Terry Deary, Put out the Light, p. 10
    • Put out those lights before the Germans see them.
  14. (intransitive) To consent to having sex.
    • Don't them laundry queens put out good enough to suit you?1928 December, Our Army, page 19
    • Christ, maybe that blond was only a bitch after all. Maybe she put out even to the punks. Come to think of it, she looked a little hard-boiled.1934, James T. Farrell, chapter 17, in The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan

Meaning of putout

Noun

putout (plural putouts)

  1. A play in which a batter is retired.
  2. The statistic of the number of outs a defensive player directly caused.
    • Jones recorded 15 putouts in the first half of the season.

Adjective

put out (comparative more put out, superlative most put out)

  1. Taking offense; indignant.
    • He was put out at the mere suggestion of misconduct.
    • Gordon told GCN that when the bill was first reviewed in the House, it received a 70-49 vote, one vote short of the majority it needed to pass. Gordon said that gay and lesbian activists were "extremely put-out" over this narrow loss.1991 May 4, Elizabeth Yukins, “Maryland Passes Gay Hate Crimes Bill”, in Gay Community News, page 2

Synonyms of put out

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Forms of put out

Noun
pluralput outs
Adjective
comparativemore put out
superlativemost put out
Verb
third-person singular presentputs out
present participleputting out
past participleput out
pastput out

Words formed from put out

Questions about put out

What does put out mean?
Put out means taking offense; indignant.
What is put out the misspelling of?
Put out is the misspelling of putout.
What part of speech is put out?
Put out can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near put out in the dictionary

  1. put oneself out
  2. put oneself out of the way
  3. put onto
  4. put option
  5. put options
  6. put out
  7. put out a fire
  8. put out feelers
  9. put out of one's head
  10. put out of one's mind
  11. put out the fire

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