giveaway

giveaway
Synonyms and related words:
Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, antimasque, audience success, babbling, ballet, best, betrayal, blabbering, blabbing, bomb, bottom, broadcast drama, burlesque show, charade, cliff hanger, closet drama, comedy drama, communication leak, critical success, cut, daytime serial, dead giveaway, dialogue, divulgation, divulgement, divulgence, divulging, documentary drama, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, duodrama, duologue, epic theater, evulgation, experimental theater, extravaganza, failure, flop, gasser, half-price, happening, hit, hit show, improvisational drama, indiscretion, leak, legitimate drama, letting out, lowest, marked down, masque, melodrama, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, music drama, musical revue, mystery, mystery play, obvious clue, opera, pageant, panel show, pantomime, pastoral, pastoral drama, piece, play, playlet, problem play, psychodrama, quiz show, radio drama, reduced, review, revue, rock-bottom, sacrificial, sensational play, serial, show, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, slashed, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, stage play, stage show, straight drama, success, suspense drama, tableau, tableau vivant, talk show, teleplay, television drama, television play, telltale, telltale sign, theater of cruelty, total theater, unwitting disclosure, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, word-of-mouth success, work

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • giveaway — give‧a‧way [ˈgɪvəweɪ] noun [countable] MARKETING 1. informal used in advertisements to say that something is extremely cheap to buy: • At £400, these computers are a giveaway. • No airline could afford to carry passengers for long at such… …   Financial and business terms

  • giveaway — • giveaway • dead giveaway noun (stress on give ) 1. An open secret. By mid afternoon, it was a dead giveaway who the new boss would be. 2. A forced or sacrifice sale at which items are sold for much less than their market value. The Simpson s… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • giveaway — (n.) also give away, “act of giving away,” 1872, from phrase give away, c.1400 (of brides, from 1719); meaning “to betray, expose, reveal” is 1878, originally U.S. slang …   Etymology dictionary

  • giveaway — ► NOUN informal 1) something given free, especially for promotional purposes. 2) something that makes an inadvertent revelation …   English terms dictionary

  • giveaway — ☆ giveaway [giv′ə wā΄ ] n. 1. an unintentional revelation or betrayal 2. something given free or sold cheap so as to attract customers, etc. 3. an instance of giving something away free or for inadequate compensation 4. a radio or television… …   English World dictionary

  • giveaway — [[t]gɪ̱vəweɪ[/t]] giveaways also give away 1) N SING A giveaway is something that makes you realize the truth about a particular person or situation. The only giveaway was the look of amusement in her eyes. 2) N COUNT A giveaway is something that …   English dictionary

  • giveaway — I UK [ˈɡɪvəˌweɪ] / US noun Word forms giveaway : singular giveaway plural giveaways 1) [singular] a movement, action, or expression on someone s face that shows the truth about something or that lets you realize something that should be a secret… …   English dictionary

  • giveaway — or[dead giveaway] {n.} (stress on give ) 1. An open secret. * /By mid afternoon, it was a dead giveaway who the new boss would be./ 2. A forced or sacrifice sale at which items are sold for much less than their market value. * /The Simpson s… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • giveaway — or[dead giveaway] {n.} (stress on give ) 1. An open secret. * /By mid afternoon, it was a dead giveaway who the new boss would be./ 2. A forced or sacrifice sale at which items are sold for much less than their market value. * /The Simpson s… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • giveaway — /giv euh way /, n. 1. an act or instance of giving something away. 2. something that is given away, esp. as a gift or premium: A pocket calculator was offered as a giveaway with every new subscription to the magazine. 3. a radio or television… …   Universalium

  • giveaway — give|a|way1 [ˈgıvəweı] n 1.) [singular] something that makes it easy for you to guess something be a clear/dead giveaway (=make it very easy to guess something) ▪ He d been smoking dope; his glazed eyes were a dead giveaway. 2.) something that is …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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