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give away   (TTS Sound)

The noun giveaway has 3 senses

• giveaway -- (a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group)


• giveaway -- (an unintentional disclosure)


• game show, giveaway -- (a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards)

The verb give away has 4 senses

• give away -- (make a gift of; "She gave away her antique furniture")


• unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out -- (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case")


• give away -- (formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father)


• denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag -- (give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam")