Definitions
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- v. Present participle of dish.
- adj. Shaped like a dish; concave.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Dish-shaped; concave.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Taking or having the form of a dish; concave; hollowing: as, a dishing wheel; the lay of the ground was slightly dishing.
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Examples
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The truck will be at their regular Tuesday spot (38th & 5th Ave), but will begin dishing out the sweets a little later from 2 or 2: 30 and stay open until 5 or 5: 30.
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I have to admit I ` m unconvinced about the role of the state in dishing out growth.
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We have a lot of negative lingo: “comment spam” (which I excel in dishing out here), “stfu” (popular on quite a number of sites with Open Threads), “splogs,” “spam sites …”
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Mergers with metropolitan parties in London or Dublin are the product of wishful thinking, the dream of achieving the nirvanas of a secure Union or Irish unity by the back door - and in the short term dishing the Shinners or the DUP.
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Think about movies like The Happening … it had a secret but people relished in dishing the secret to people who hadn’t seen it.
What do we know and when do we want to know it? at SF Novelists
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Peach, Mondo, and Andy safe and send them back to what I am now calling the dishing area.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway Episode 4, "Hats Off To You"
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The guests being now come, Agnes dished up the four-hours -- if that can be called dishing up when there were no dishes!
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You will find friendly counter-help, dressed in T-shirts lettered with the name Eltana in Hebrew, dishing up a vegetarian menu.
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How Tragic Kingdom Saved My Life and while that particular album didn't evoke a similar response in me, I adore the idea of dishing the music that's been instrumental in one's life.
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In central Ohio, the standard term for line-jumping/pushing in/budging/cutting, etc. is 'dishing' or 'ditching.'
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