dish out

verb

Definition of dish outnext
as in to measure (out)

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Recent Examples of dish out The glacier carts and kiosks that dish out ice cream, soft serve and sorbets did brisk business all week. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 June 2026 Don’t want to dish out extra money? — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 23 June 2026 Listeners are encouraged to call into the show’s hotline, while Berner and Bishop dish out their best advice pertaining to all things relationships, life, social media and work. — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026 Russian ref Valentin Ivanov dished out four red cards and 16 yellows during Portugal’s 1-0 last-16 victory over the Netherlands in 2006. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dish out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dish out
  1. hand out
  2. portion
  3. proportion
  4. split
  5. part
  6. allot
  7. dole out
Verb
  • My interest came from learning folk songs, memorable stories passed down over the generations in an oral sense before the American music business cut it up and started handing out ownership of copyrights and publishing.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The giveaway handed out 1,000 meals, 1,000 drinks and 2,000 buckets of emergency supplies.
    — Chris Tye, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of hand out
Verb
  • For smaller cookies that are still impressive, use a 1/3-cup measure to portion the dough for 15 or 16 cookies.
    — Jasmine Thompson, Midwest Living, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, portion out small servings and keep the rest chilled, refilling the platter as needed.
    — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of portion
Verb
  • Since most tops aren’t proportioned for petites, I'm often left with ill-fitting sleeves and necklines that are way too low.
    — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
  • Ordinary humans like Stephen’s selfish boss are depicted as giant walking eggs, while others are proportioned like bobble heads.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of proportion
Verb
  • Industry experts are split over whether short-drama specialists or traditional incumbents possess the stronger distribution moat.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Fewer workers are splitting the cost of supporting a larger, longer-living retired population.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of split
Verb
  • When their plan goes horribly awry, the couple is parted once again.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In its place is a head of dark, longer hair parted down the middle, with loose curtain bangs falling across his forehead and framing his face.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of part
Verb
  • For example, the original plan by the department’s consultant assumed that the park would have access to a sewer main and allotted about $76,000 for a routine sewer connection.
    — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The first is the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) Acquisition Prize, which will allot $20,000 at each edition of the Armory Show toward acquisitions for the museum’s permanent collection and for the Green Family Foundation Caribbean Cultural Institute.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of allot
Verb
  • The investigation was sparked after the West Side safety net hospital came under fire for improperly doling out COVID-19 vaccinations soon after the shots became available.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • So far, the state has approved $147 million in disbursements; just under $22 million of that has been doled out to local law enforcement.
    — Liv Caputo, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
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“Dish out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dish%20out. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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