put out
- to disseminate, produce, publish, issue
- cause inconvenience or discomfort
- extinguish
adjective
- cause inconvenience or discomfort
Wiktionary
adj
- 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.”
noun
- Misspelling of putout.
verb
- To blind (eyes).
“You can't have a pair of scissors! You'll put your eye out!”
- To place outside, to remove, particularly
“Don’t forget to put out the dog.”
- To place outside, to remove, particularly
“‘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.’”
- To place outside, to remove, particularly
- To cause something to be out, particularly
“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.””
- To cause something to be out, particularly
“England stumbled into the World Cup quarter-finals and almost certainly put Scotland out after an error-ridden victory at Eden Park.”
- To cause something to be out, particularly
- To cause something to be out, particularly
- 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.”
- To cause something to go out, particularly
“The factory puts out 4000 units each day.”
“This unit puts out 4000 BTUs.”
- To cause something to go out, particularly
- To cause something to go out, particularly
“‘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.’”
- To cause something to go out, particularly
“Lift with your knees. Don’t put out your back.”
- To cause something to go out, particularly
“They worked for days to put out the brushfire.”
“She put out her cigarette.”
- To cause something to go out, particularly
“'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.”
“Put out those lights before the Germans see them.”
- To consent to having sex.
“Don't them laundry queens put out good enough to suit you?”
“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.”