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noun
1.
an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
2.
any container used at table: dirty dishes.
3.
the food served or contained in a dish: The meal consisted of several dishes.
4.
a particular article, type, or preparation of food: Rice is an inexpensive dish.
5.
EXPANDthe quantity held by a dish; dishful: a dish of applesauce.
6.
anything like a dish in form or use.
7.
concavity or the degree of concavity, as of a wheel.
8.
Also called dish antenna. a concave, dish-shaped reflector serving to focus electromagnetic energy as part of a transmitter or receiver of radio, television, or microwave signals.
9.
Slang: Sometimes Offensive. an attractive girl or woman: The receptionist is quite a dish.
10.
COLLAPSESlang. an item of gossip.
verb (used with object)
11.
to put into or serve in a dish, as food: to dish food onto plates.
12.
to fashion like a dish; make concave.
13.
Slang. to gossip about: They talked all night, dishing their former friends.
14.
Slang. to defeat; frustrate; cheat.
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Dishing
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
verb (used without object)
Verb phrase15.
Slang. to talk together informally, especially, to gossip.
16.
Idiomdish out, Informal.
a.
to serve (food) from a serving dish, pot, etc.
b.
to deal out; distribute: She dished out our pay in silver dollars.
17.
dish it out, Informal. to dispense abusive language, punishment, or praise, enthusiastic approval, etc.: When it comes to flattery, he can really dish it out.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English disc dish, plate, bowl (akin to German Tisch table) < Latin discus dish, discus
before 900; Middle English; Old English disc dish, plate, bowl (akin to German Tisch table) < Latin discus dish, discus
Related forms
un·der·dish, noun
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Word Origin & History
dish
O.E. disc "plate, bowl, platter," borrowed c.700 from L. discus "dish, platter, quoit," from Gk. diskos "disk, platter." O.H.G. borrowed the word as tisc "plate," but Ger. tisch now means "table," in common with other later Romanic forms (cf. It. desco, Fr. dais). Meaning "variety of food served" is
EXPAND first recorded c.1450. Verb meaning "to disparage, denigrate" first recorded 1940s; probably from the same notion in fig. dish it out (1934). Dish-cloth (1828) relegated earlier dish-clout (1520s) to dialect. Dish-washer is 1520s, of persons, 1867 of machines. Dish-water is attested from late 15c. Dishy "very attractive" is attested from 1961.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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