put out

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put out

noun put outs

  1. misspelling Misspelling of putout

adjective more put out · most put out

  1. Taking offense; indignant. He was put out at the mere suggestion of misconduct.

verb puts out · putting out · put out

  1. transitive To blind (eyes). You can't have a pair of scissors! You'll put your eye out!
  2. transitive To place outside, to remove, particularly Don’t forget to put out the dog.
  3. transitive To expel. ‘These guys,’ said Tom, ‘the ones who put out this magazine at Radley. What happened to them?’ […] ‘Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves. “Booted out” I believe is the technical phrase.’

    Similar: boot out, eject, kick out

  4. transitive To remove from office.

    Similar: depose, impeach

  5. transitive To cause someone to be out of sorts; to annoy, impose, inconvenience, or disturb. I don't mean to put you out. It's just vital that I get this done tonight.

    Similar: perturb, unsettle, agitate, freak, sting, bother, bring down, discompose, unstring, disconcert, enturbulate, disturb

  6. transitive To knock out: to eliminate from a competition. England stumbled into the World Cup quarter-finals and almost certainly put Scotland out after an error-ridden victory at Eden Park.
  7. transitive To cause a player on offense to be out.
  8. transitive Synonym of knock out: to render unconscious.

    Similar: knock out

  9. intransitive To go out, to head out; (especially) to set sail. Along about Tuesday Uncle Cal put out for San Antone on the last wagonload of wool.
  10. transitive To produce, to emit. The factory puts out 4000 units each day.

    Similar: give off, send out

  11. obsolete, transitive To express.
  12. transitive To broadcast, to publish. ‘These guys,’ said Tom, ‘the ones who put out this magazine at Radley. What happened to them?’ […] ‘Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves. “Booted out” I believe is the technical phrase.’
  13. transitive To dislocate (a joint). Lift with your knees. Don’t put out your back.
  14. transitive To extinguish (fire). They worked for days to put out the brushfire.

    Similar: douse, extinct

  15. transitive To turn off (light). 'You talk funny,' I said to him. 'I mean, the other wardens say, "Put that light out", but you shout, "Put out the light".' 'Shakespeare,' the warden said in a deep voice.
  16. intransitive To consent to having sex. Don't them laundry queens put out good enough to suit you?

    Similar: open one's legs, spread one's legs

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adj taking offense

Françaisvexé
Italianooffeso, indignato
Русскийоби́женный obížennyj, возмущённый vozmuščónnyj, негоду́ющий negodújuščij

verb to place outside or eject

Españolsacar
Portuguêscolocar/botar/pôr para fora
Deutschrausbringen, raussetzen, rauswerfen
Русскийвыкла́дывать vykládyvatʹ, вы́ложить výložitʹ

verb to produce, to emit

日本語生産する seisan-surú
中文制造 zhìzào, 生產 /生产 shēngchǎn
Portuguêsproduzir
Françaisproduire
Deutschproduzieren, herstellen
Русскийпроизводи́ть proizvodítʹ, произвести́ proizvestí
العربيةأَنْتَجَ ʔantaja

verb to dislocate, injure a joint in the body

Русскийвыви́хивать vyvíxivatʹ, вы́вихнуть vývixnutʹ

verb to extinguish (fire)

Españolextinguir
日本語消す kesu
中文熄滅 /熄灭 xīmiè, 撲滅 /扑灭 pūmiè
Portuguêsapagar, extinguir
Françaiséteindre
Deutschlöschen
Italianoestinguere, spegnere
Ελληνικάσβήνω svíno
Românăstinge
Русскийтуши́ть tušítʹ, потуши́ть potušítʹ, гаси́ть gasítʹ, погаси́ть pogasítʹ
Tiếng Việtdập

verb to turn off (light)

Deutschausmachen, ausschalten

verb to consent to sex

Españolabrirse de piernas
Portuguêsdar
Françaisécarter les cuisses
Deutschranlassen
Русскийдава́ть davátʹ, дать datʹ

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@misc{put_out_2026,
  title = {put out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/put%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}