giveaway
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈɡɪvəˌweɪ/
- The accent was a dead giveaway, you know.
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- And then not having the leather straps are kind of dead giveaways, Dee says.
- I'd tell you what the what the, what the real giveaway was that whoever's in the White House isn't isn't actually given the orders.
- It was that was a giveaway that his he might have thought he was staying, but he wasn't staying.
Examples
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Using that term is a dead giveaway that you have an agenda.
Blog text (11) -
Kind of hard to tell with his face like that, but the Rosaries are a dead giveaway.
Fiction book (1999) -
Hmm, always a dead giveaway.
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Your posture, it's a dead giveaway.
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Stop the nervous talk, she tells herself; that's a giveaway.
Fiction book (1999) -
Normal RAF boots were a giveaway for the enemy when looking for downed airmen.
Academic text (2003) -
The oblique smile was a sure giveaway, and my gluttony was an affirmation that he had done right.
Fiction book (1997) -
The only giveaway was hidden under his shirt, the ten-inch scar left by transplantation surgery.
Fiction book (2001) -
Constantly rolling the trackball in class was a dead giveaway, while continuously working the keyboard passed as enthusiastic, if inefficient, note-taking.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her nervous smile was a giveaway that she was not telling the whole truth.
Synonyms
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5.0
A surprising fact that people did not know before
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4.1
Making secret or new information known to others
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3.7
Private information that someone shares with the public without permission
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4.6
Private information becoming known to people who should not have it
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8.4
Making secret information known to other people
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6.7
Making something hidden become known
To tell people private or secret information
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Giveaway can also mean a sign that reveals a secret. This use comes from the phrase give + away, as in to 'give away' a secret, so a 'giveaway' is something that 'gives the secret away' and shows what was hidden.