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give
verb- used as an imperative: to tell a secret. UK, 1956
- — John Ayto, The Oxford Dictionary of Slang, p. 316, 1998
- to consent to have sex US, 1935
- That’s the problem with men: we always think we can buy sex. “If I take her here she’ll give me some. If I buy her this she’ll give me some.” Nothing gets you nothing. — Chris Rock, Rock This!, p. 124, 1997
- to have sex with a woman UK
- I gave it her. — Bill Naughton, Alfie Darling, 1970
▶ give a fuck
to care, to be concerned US
Often in the negative.- Treated us like decent people and that – they gave a fuck about us, know what I mean. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 269, 2001
▶ give good X; give great X
to be notable for the noun that follows US, 1971
On the original model of GIVE HEADThey had style, they had grace / Rita Hayworth gave good face[.] — Madonna, Vogue, 1990 Robbie Williams gives good concert. — Frank Skinner, Frank Skinner, p. 65, 2001 She always gives good arrival. — The Guardian, 14 November 2003▶ give her tarpaper
to work very hard US, 2003
Used in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.▶ give it- to behave in the manner of whatever noun or adjective follows UK
- Nana don’t half give it some of that. [gesturing with his hand that she talks too much] — Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, The Royle Family, 1999
- Dont think me pie and mash [flash, showy] for giving it Jack the biscuit [a show-off] — private correspondence with a prison inmate HMP Blunden, Suffolk, January 2002
- either by speech or action, to make your attitude to someone or something obvious UK
- But there would be people around me who would be giving it, “I just dropped my tenth E”. — Macfarlane, Macfarlane and Robson, The User, p. 104, 1996
▶ give it all that
to brag, to show off UK- — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
▶ give it away
to engage in sex without pay; to engage in sex promiscuously US- She looked as if she might have worked half those years in a cat house, and if she hadn’t she must have given a lot of it away. — Chester Himes, If He Hollers Let Him Go, p. 19, 1945
▶ give it some
to put a great deal of effort into something UK
Possibly abbreviated from “give it some wellie”.- Cor, you were giving it some this morning weren’t you? You started off in the bedroom and ended up in the kitchen! — Mark Steel, Reasons to be Cheerful, p. 176, 2001
▶ give it the nifty fifty
(used of a male) to masturbate US- One of the chaplains found that out the hard way, when he was caught in his cabin one afternoon with a girlie magazine in one hand and his wife’s best friend in the other. In the Marines such a practice is known as “giving it the nifty fifty.” — Robert McGowan and Jeremy Hands, Don’t Cry For Me Sergeant-Major, p. 42, 1983
▶ give it the off
to go, to leave UK- Come on, Russell, let’s give it the off. — Greg Williams, Diamond Geezers, p. 50, 1997
▶ give it to
to copulate with US- A couple punks tore up the place and then gave it to the nuns but good. — The Bad Lieutenant, 1992
▶ give it up
to applaud US, 1990
Often as an imperative to an audience.- — Connie Eble (editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 4, Spring 1998
- I gotta give it up to y’all for showing love to [hip-hop artists] Mobb Deep. — The Source, p. 42, March 2002
▶ give it up!
used as a command when robbing someone US- Simon said he was aware of danger when the Slavic Viollage thug quickly approached him two summers ago and demand that he “give it up.” — Plain Dealer, p. B1, 8 January 2010
▶ give Jack his jacket
to give credit where credit is due BARBADOS, 1975- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad and Tobago, 2003
▶ give laugh for pea soup
to bring gossip or interesting news when you visit, hoping for a meal in exchange JAMAICA, 1977
Recorded by Richard Allsopp.▶ give leather
to thrust forcefully while having sex TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad and Tobago, 2003
▶ give me a break; gimme a break
used as an expression of dismay at that which has just been said US
Ubiquitous in the 1990s.- “It’s just navy, Mom,” Bobbie had insisted. “Gimme a break!” — Joseph Wambaugh, Finnegan’s Week, p. 26, 1993
▶ give skin
to slap hands in greeting US- He nearly dropped the powder can. “My homeboy! Man, gimme some skin! I’m from Lansing.” — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 44, 1964
▶ give someone one
to have sex with someone UK- “Do you want one, Jack. Eh, Audrey, why don’t you give him one?” He almost falls off the settee, he’s laughing so hard. “No thanks,” I say to Audrey, looking her straight in the eye, “I had one before I came here.” — Ted Lewis, Jack Carter’s Law, p. 16, 1974
- I’ve asked around my political colleagues and peer group, and every bloke I’ve talked to says he never gives his wife one without first asking if she’s awake. — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 21, 1985
- I’d still giver her one, okay. — Ian Pattison, Rab C. Nesbitt, 1988
- Thrusting away with their hips as they tickled the flippers [of a pinball machine], like they were giving it one. — Jake Arnott, He Kills Coppers, p. 33, 2001
- [T]he delights of sucking cocaine off his cock in between giving her one in as many positions as he could manage. — Garry Bushell, The Face, p. 111, 2001
- Fine, go round there, give her one and be all lovey dovey with her. — Danny King, The Burglar Diaries, p. 115, 2001
- [I] thumbed the G-string from between her tanned golden arse cheeks and gave her one from behind. — Ben Elton, High Society, p. 21, 2002
▶ give the office
to signal or give information UK, 1804- The boss almost shook his wig off giving me the office from behind a post[.] — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 178, 1946
- We keep this up much longer we’re a cinch to give ‘em the office. — Horace McCoy, Kiss Tomorrow Good-bye, p. 242, 1948
▶ give the skins
to have sex with someone US- So you gonna give me the skins or what? — Boyz N The Hood, 1990
▶ give two fucks
to care, to be concerned US
An elaboration of GIVE A FUCKI don’t give two fucks about what’s behind all this[.] — Ted Lewis, Jack Carter’s Law [britpulp], p. 43, 1974▶ give up as a bad job
to abandon something that has no prospect of success UK, 1862- My boyfriend, who before he met me was a regular square-eyes, has more or less given it up as a bad job these days[.] — The Guardian, 6 October 2001
▶ give what for
to beat, to thrash, to scold UK, 1873
Derives, apparently, from an exchange in which a person threatened with punishment asked “What for?” and received the formulaic answer “I’ll give you what for”.▶ give wings
to inject someone else with heroin or to teach them to inject themselves US- — Donald Louria, The Drug Scene, p. 190, 1968
- [H]e knew he was going to join the hyp class and become a full-out junkie now that he had given himself his wings – his first mainline fix. — Emmett Grogan, Ringolevio, p. 40, 1972
- He gave me my wings, that dirty rat fuck / He thought he was slick, charging a buck. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 171, 1976
- — Robert Ashton, This Is Heroin, p. 209, 2002
▶ give you hell
to deal with you in a harsh or severe manner UK, 1851- As Mr Jones and his colleagues left for a further meeting with Gordon Brown, the chancellor, pensioners at the rally shouted “give him hell”. — The Guardian, 8 November 2000
▶ give you the reds
to anger US
Teen slang.- — Newsweek, p. 28, 8 October 1951
▶ give you your hat
to release from prison US- Well, baby, I got busted, just like that / So I hope this toast helps you when they give you your hat. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 53, 1976
▶ give your right ball/testicle for
to give everything for AUSTRALIA- I have got a horse and I’d give my right ball to train it for the right owner. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 35, 1988
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