Definition of put-out in English English dictionary
- Alternative spelling of put out
- To cause a player on the offense to be out, especially of men on base
- To produce
The factory puts out 4000 units each day.
- To consent to sex
This Grosso dated this woman a couple of times, and then, when she wouldn't put out for him, he beat her up and forced her.
- To extinguish (a flame or light)
When I saw the coffin I knew that I was respited, for, as I judged, there was space between it and the wall behind enough to contain my little carcass; and in a second I had put out the candle, scrambled up the shelves, half-stunned my senses with dashing my head against the roof, and squeezed my body betwixt wall and coffin.
- To place outside or eject
Don’t forget to put out the cat.
- To injure a part of the body, especially a joint
Be careful with those scissors, or you'll put your eye out!.
- Taking offense; indignant
He was put out at the mere suggestion of misconduct.
- The statistic of the number of outs a defensive player directly caused
Jones recorded 15 put outs in the first half of the season.
- put out feelers
- To explore or watch for; ask around; investigate
I will put out feelers and see what I can find out about that.
- put out of one's misery
- To submit (a person or animal) to euthanasia
- putout
- A play in which a batter is retired
- put someone out of their misery
- to stop someone worrying, usually by giving them information that they have been waiting for. - "I thought I'd call her with the results today and put her out of her misery."
- put something out of their misery
- to kill an animal because they are in a lot of pain and you want to end their suffering. - "Both of its back legs were shattered and I figured the kindest thing would be to put it out of its misery with a bullet."
- Putout
- po
- put him out of his misery
- ended his misery, pulled him out of a tough spot; ended his suffering by killing him
- put oneself out of the way
- make a great bother, make a special effort
- put out
- retire; "he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field"
- put out
- upset or offended
- put out
- to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but "
- put out
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"
- put out
- extinguish; annoy; remove, send out
- put out
- cause to be out on a fielding play put out considerable effort; "He put out the same for seven managers"
- put out
- cause to be out on a fielding play
- put out
- thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"
- put out
- put out considerable effort; "He put out the same for seven managers"
- put out
- be sexually active; "She is supposed to put out
- put out
- make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"
- put out
- put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights"
- put out
- be sexually active; "She is supposed to put out"
- put out
- deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"
- put out 1
- If you put someone out, you cause them trouble because they have to do something for you. I've always put myself out for others and I'm not doing it any more
- put out 1
- If you put out an electric light, you make it stop shining by pressing a switch. He crossed to the bedside table and put out the light. = turn out turn on
- put out 1
- In a sporting competition, to put out a player or team means to defeat them so that they are no longer in the competition. Another Spaniard, Emilio Sanchez, put out Jens Woehrmann in three sets. the debatable goal that put Villa out of the UEFA Cup in Milan. = knock out see also put out
- put out 1
- If you put out things that will be needed, you place them somewhere ready to be used. Paula had put out her luggage for the coach I slowly unpacked the teapot and put it out on the table
- put out 1
- If you put out an announcement or story, you make it known to a lot of people. The French news agency put out a statement from the Trade Minister
- put out 1
- If you put out your hand, you move it forward, away from your body. He put out his hand to Alfred She put her hand out and tried to touch her mother's arm. = stretch out, extend
- put out 1
- If you put out a fire, candle, or cigarette, you make it stop burning. Firemen tried to free the injured and put out the blaze He lit a half-cigarette and almost immediately put it out again. = extinguish
- put out 2
- If you feel put out, you feel rather annoyed or upset. I did not blame him for feeling put out
- put out feelers
- make some preliminary investigations or test the waters
- put out of action
- take out of operation, stop activity
- put out of commission
- take out of use, remove from use
- put out of gear
- take out of gear, disengage the gear; remove from use, take out of use
- put out of sight
- conceal, hide away
- put out of the way
- put an end to, murder
- put out to lease
- offer for lease, offer for rent
- putout
- In scoring, a fielder is credited with a putout if he receives the ball to put out a baserunner or a hitter
- putout
- A fielder is credited with a putout if he receives the ball to put out a baserunner or a hitter
- putout
- an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout); "the first baseman made 15 putouts
- putout
- an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout); "the first baseman made 15 putouts"
- putout
- The retirement of a batter or runner by a member of the defense
- was put out of his misery
- was delivered from his suffering, died after prolonged torture