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Definition of Deal out
1. Verb. Administer or bestow, as in small portions. "They deal out the people the food"; "The machine dispenses soft drinks"
Generic synonyms: Give
Specialized synonyms: Allot, Assign, Portion, Reallot, Deal, Apply, Give
Derivative terms: Allotment, Deal, Dispensation, Dispensation, Dispenser, Dispenser, Distributer, Distribution, Distributor
Definition of Deal out
1. Verb. (transitive card games) to not deal cards to someone who is leaving a game. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deal Out
Literary usage of Deal out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"his thumb to his hand and spanked him until his arm was too tired to deal out
one more wallop. Alan made his way down to the living room, the floor streaked ..."
2. The Canadian War of 1812 by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1906)
"... it would be idle to maintain that the Kentuckians did not deal out to the
Indians much the same measure of wholesale brutality as the Indians dealt to ..."
3. A Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Wise: With a History of the Political by James Pinkney Hambleton (1856)
"I certainly think I will be able, as I should strive, to deal out equal and exact
justice to all men of all parties, Democrats and Whigs, ..."
4. Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1888)
"Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson. single hand to raise edifices of piety like
fortified cities, to appropriate manors to religious uses, or deal out such ..."
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