Meaning & use
giveaway
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Something given away free of charge, or a sign or action that unintentionally reveals a secret.
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The store held a giveaway for the first hundred customers of the day.
His nervous laugh was a dead giveaway that he was lying.
A note on using this word
Giveaway can also function as an adjective meaning extremely cheap, as in "giveaway prices."
Words with a similar meaning
freebietell
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Extremely low in price.
The store sold the old inventory at giveaway prices.
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