giveaway
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈɡɪvəˌweɪ/
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indicio
- The accent was a dead giveaway, you know.
And then not having the leather straps are kind of dead giveaways, Dee says.
- 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
176
4.1
Making secret or new information known to others
175
5.0
A surprising fact that people did not know before
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4.6
Private information becoming known to people who should not have it
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3.7
Private information that someone shares with the public without permission
Making something hidden become known
Making secret information known to other people
To tell people private or secret information
Antonyms
How Revealing
Surface Forms
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.