The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dish \Dish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dished; p. pr. & vb. n. Dishing.]
To put in a dish, ready for the table.
To make concave, or depress in the middle, like a dish; as, to dish a wheel by inclining the spokes.
To frustrate; to beat; to ruin. [Low]
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to talk about (a person) in a disparaging manner; to gossip about (a person); as, the secretaries spent their break time dishing the newest employee. [slang] To dish out.
To serve out of a dish; to distribute in portions at table.
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(Arch.) To hollow out, as a gutter in stone or wood.
2. to dispense freely; -- also used figuratively; as, to dish out punishment; to dish out abuse or insult.
To dish up, to take (food) from the oven, pots, etc., and put in dishes to be served at table.
Usage examples of "to dish out".
I knew we could take whatever the Scarlets and the Heads together had to dish out.
Hiring a service to dish out all that unctuous crap, meanwhile making sure I don't have a chance to talk to anybody there.
Nobody says anything but lots of people know how close Tommy and John Crowe have been since they were kids, the only time they've been separated was during the war when John Crowe was sent to Darwin in the quartermaster-general's outfit to dish out boots, shoelaces and socks for the use of, to the troops.
Dahlia stared at them, coming out of her reverie reverie every once in a while to dish out another mound of blackeyed peas or mashed potatoes.
Tombs came down and gave a brief speech, sharp with barbs at the enemy and optimistic about the thrashing that tried and true southern boys were about to dish out to cowardly Yankees.