putting out
Dousing a fire
Putting out means extinguishing or producing.
You put out a fire, put out a newspaper, put out feelers.
To be put out is to be annoyed or inconvenienced: She was put out by the last-minute change.
In baseball, putting out is retiring a batter or runner.
In slang, putting out means agreeing to have sex, typically said of women: He expects her to put out on the first date.
Wet completely, often flames
- smotherDeprive of air
- quenchSatisfy or extinguish
- snuffPowdered tobacco for sniffing
- firefighterEmergency blaze responder
hose · water · foam · blanket · sprinkler · extinguisher · suppress · stifle
To send onward
- airwavesRadio frequency spectrum
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
announcement · disseminate · news · media · signal · network · telecast · podcast
Vigorous physical effort
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- strivingEarnest sustained endeavor
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
- toilStrenuous, prolonged effort
diligence · perseverance · dedication · commitment · tenacity · producing · generating · yield
To annoy or disturb
- troubleDifficulty or distress
- imposeForce acceptance of
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
- hassleIrritating difficulty
annoyance · disruption · burden · imposition · disturbance · nuisance · intrusion · awkwardness
douse
Wet completely, often flames
firefighter · hose · water · foam · blanket · sprinkler · extinguisher · suppress · stifle · flames
transmit
To send onward
- airwavesRadio frequency spectrum
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
streaming · announcement · disseminate · news · media · signal · network · telecast · podcast · livestream
exertion
Vigorous physical effort
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- strivingEarnest sustained endeavor
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
toil · diligence · perseverance · dedication · commitment · tenacity · producing · generating · yield · contribution
bother
To annoy or disturb
- troubleDifficulty or distress
- imposeForce acceptance of
- discomfortMild physical or mental distress
hassle · annoyance · disruption · burden · imposition · disturbance · nuisance · intrusion · awkwardness · displacement
- disseminatingspreading, sharing, broadcasting, publishing, circulating
- dating slangghosting, breadcrumbing, talking, situationship, cuffing
putting outigniting
Causing to burn
lighting · starting · kindling · setting alight · sparking
putting outwithholding
Keeping from another
withdrawing · suppressing · holding back · retracting · pulling back
putting outtaking it easy
Deliberately slowing down
relaxing · resting · kicking back · coasting · slacking off
put, out, input, output, put out, putting, puts, inputting, outputting