to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
2.
to give information to the public about; announce publicly in a newspaper, on radio or television, etc.: to advertise a reward.
3.
to call attention to, in a boastful or ostentatious manner: Stop advertising yourself!
4.
Obsolete. to give notice, advice, or information to; inform: I advertised him of my intention.
to ask for something by placing a notice in a newspaper, over radio or television, etc.: to advertise for a house to rent.
7.
to offer goods for sale or rent, solicit funds, etc., by means of advertisements: It pays to advertise.
8.
Cards.
a.
Poker.to bluff so as to make the bluff obvious.
b.
Rummy.to discard a card in order to induce an opponent to discard one of the same suit or denomination.
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advertiseris always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
Origin: 1400–50;late Middle Englishadvertisen < Middle Frenchavertiss-, long stem of avertir < Vulgar Latin*advertire,Latinadvertere to advert1; the expected Middle English*advertishen probably conformed to advertisement or the suffix -ize
early 15c., "to take notice of," from M.Fr. advertiss-, prp. stem of a(d)vertir "to warn," from L. advertere "turn toward," from ad- "toward" + vertere "to turn" see versus). Sense shifted to "to give notice to others, warn" (late 15c.) by influence of
advertisement. Original meaning remains in advert "to give attention to."