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giveaway

/ɡˈɪvʌwˌeɪ/noun3 syllables

Giveaway means: a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards.

Synonyms for giveaway5

noun, as in a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards

game show

also used for giveaway

freebie, clue, sign, tell

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does giveaway mean?3

noun

1

a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards

2

a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group

3

an unintentional disclosure

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Giveaway in a sentence

  • For their grand opening, the store owners were planning giveaways for the first thirty customers in line.Delian
  • I bought it at a giveaway price.unknown
  • Four or five pens in one's shirt pocket is a dead giveaway for a nerd.darinmex
  • I’d better get these out of sight or they’d be a sure giveaway.Cangarejo
  • They participated in a book giveaway contest.Amastan
  • He said that English was his maternal language, but his accent was a dead giveaway.karloelkebekio

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of giveaway

as a noun

plural
giveaways