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Antonyms for dishing out

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dish
Phonetic Transcription : dɪʃ


Definition of dishing out

Origin :
  • Old English disc "plate, bowl, platter," from Latin discus "dish, platter, quoit," from Greek diskos "disk, platter" (see disk). A common West Germanic borrowing; Old High German borrowed the word as tisc "plate," but German tisch now means "table," in common with other later Romanic forms (e.g. Italian desco, French dais). Meaning "particular variety of food served" is first recorded mid-15c. Meaning "what one likes" is c.1900; that of "attractive woman" is 1920s. Meaning "concave reflector or antenna" attested from 1948.
  • verb distribute
Example sentences :
  • But there he was, taking orders and dishing out drinks with an attitude as solemn and impersonal as an owl on a tree branch.
  • Extract from : « "And That's How It Was, Officer" » by Ralph Sholto
  • He was just dishing out his rude supper when the feet of a horse on the log bridge announced a visitor.
  • Extract from : « Cavanagh: Forest Ranger » by Hamlin Garland
  • Hetty was dishing out fragrant, warmed-over stew into three lunch dishes on the table.
  • Extract from : « Make Mine Homogenized » by Rick Raphael
  • I stuck my head into the breakfast-room where Priapus was just dishing out the bacon and eggs.
  • Extract from : « Kathleen » by Christopher Morley
  • We'll wait and send Everett a photagraf of me and you dishing out molasses and lard as grocer clerks.
  • Extract from : « Rose of Old Harpeth » by Maria Thompson Daviess
  • Jane was dishing out his prunes from a vegetable dish into a blue willow saucer, and had seen nothing.
  • Extract from : « A Singular Life » by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
  • "So it's up to you to 'gobble and git,'" quoted Amy, dishing out the preserves with a lavish hand.
  • Extract from : « Peggy Raymond's Way » by Harriet Lummis Smith
  • He saw that the proprietor was in the rear parlor, dishing out ice-cream to several customers who had come in.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on the Farm » by Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
  • But suddenly, as Joe was dishing out the canned peaches in the kitchen, he heard a cry from Bob.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts in Glacier Park » by Walter Prichard Eaton

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